to get a licence. Everyday Life
Children dancing during a ballet class at the Morgan Alsanoff Stage School in London. 12 November 1975
Guy the gorilla seen here on the 28th anniversary of his arrival at London Zoo (5 November 1947 - which explains his name). He spent the day rather quietly for an urban gorilla. He weighs in at 33 stone, compared with the 14 lbs on his arrival 28 years before. 5 November 1975
Early rider! He roars through the air with the greatest of ease...the kid who makes jumping over nine men look like child's play. But then it's not really surprising that little John Shipley is leaping into the lime light at the tender age of six. His dad Sergeant Derek Shipley (see the Tunnel of Flames pic) was in charge of the Royal Artillery motorcycle display team, based at Woolwich. Derek nearest the camera, regularly soars over twenty men during their summer shows. But John, the team's mascot, has already got that number well in his sights. Twice, between school lessons, he has appeared in displays at Woolwich. Now the Early Rider's just rarin' to roar ahead. 7 September 1976
A boy pushing his younger friends along the street in a home-made toboggan during a snowy winter in Ilford, Essex. 21 January 1958
A group of children aged between six and thirteen board a train at London's St Pancras Station, en route to new homes in Australia. Having somehow been deprived of a normal home life, they are being sent abroad by the Church of England Scheme, in the hope of better things. 18 Januray 1958
The Durham County scout troop raise their caps at the opening of the World Scout Jubilee Jamboree at Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands. 2 August 1957
Three-year-old Peter Murphy holding a huge balloon is fascinated by the colourful decorations as he walks down Regent Street during a Christmas shopping expedition in London. 1 January 1957
Customers buying Premium Savings Bonds, on sale for the first time, outside the Royal Exchange, London. 1 November 1956
Crowds of travellers waiting at King's Cross Coach Station. The number of people waiting is larger than usual because of a rail strike. 31 May 1955
English jurist and statesman Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham, chats to John Senter after they had been sworn in as QC's (Queen's Counsel) at the House of Lords, London, along with seventeen British lawyers. 14 April 1953
Storms lash the promenade at Margate with winds of eighty to ninety miles an hour. 18 January 1952
The Baird portable television on display in an exhibition at Olympia, London. 12 May 1949
Orphans from St Anthony's Home for Girls, Feltham, waiting at St Pancas railway station, London, before travelling to Tilbury docks to board a ship bound for Australia under the Catholic Emigration Scheme. The girls are travelling to the Saint Vincent Paul Sisters Of Charity in Adelaide. 17 December 1948
German prisoners of war waiting outside the House of Commons to take lunch with a group of MP's from a selection of political parties. 6 August 1947
Michael Ramsey, the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury, seen here at the Butlin's holiday camp at Clacton praying as a young holidaymaker looks on. 6 June 1961
Mary Wilson sewing on a button on to the jacket of her husband Harold's jacket at their new temporary house in Vincent Square. 3 July 1970
20-year-old Royal Military School of Music trained clarinet player John Lake anticipates the impending crash of the cymbals behind him as the ist Battalion Parachute Regiment band is about to start playing. 27 August 1970
Mr Brian Cole, winner of the Remarkable Pipe Contest seen here smoking / playing his Silver Jubilee Fanfare Pipe, a trumpet with six pipes attached at the Prince Henry's in Fleet Street. 26 July 1977
On the scrap heap, literally. Andrew Carlo, student aged 18 years old, from Colchester in Essex. Educated but unable to find a job due to lack of opportunities, in the past six months he has worked for only one day - picking fruit. 3 June 1983
Don't forget mine Mum - Mothers Day treat in 1964.
Cafes and Coffee Bars, Harlow & Bracknell. 18 October 1959
Sunny afternoon. A couple in sit in a pair of deckchairs holding hands and looking at one another as they enjoy the early warm spring sunshine. 4 March 1979
A printer overseeing the production of the first editions of the new Sun newspaper as they roll off the production line in 1964.The Sun Newspaper, was launched by its then owners, International Publishing Corporation (IPC), to replace the Daily Herald, and was initially published in Manchester. 15 September 1964
The dog that has to yawn to order. An audition took place in Broad Court, off Drury Lane, London to find a placid, bored mongrel dog, able to yawn on cue. The dog was required for the part of Crab in the rock musical "Two Gentlemen of Verona", which opened at the Phoenix Theatre, London on 26th April 1973. The dog would be playing opposite entertainer Benny Lee. The dog finally chosen was a six year old mongrel called "Ponting", owned by Mrs Daphne MacDonald of Chelsea. She had picked him up as a stray. 27 March 1973
Rock star David Bowie with wife Angie and three week old son Zowie. He is modelling an Oxford Bags dress, Turkish cotton shirt and a felt hat. 29 June 1971.
James Callaghan Labour MP bangs the drum of 14 year old Drummer Clive Fairclough. 1974
Motor mechanic seen here trying to repair a broken down car as heavy August Bank Holiday traffic on the A20 passes him by. 3 August 1964
Clement Freud at home with Broken leg seen here with his daughter Emma. March 1969
Vivian Nicholson / Viv Nicholson (born April 3, 1936) became a public figure in Great Britain overnight in 1961 when her husband Keith won £152,000 (the equivalent of £3.5 million today) on Littlewoods football pools. Here television personality Bruce Forsyth presents them with their winning cheque. 27 September 1961
Catching the sun on the highest spot in London. The statue of Nelson at the top of the column is being cleaned once again, and steeplejacks perched on the top made the most of the sun. Terry Dosell, stretches out stripped to the wait on top of Nelson's hat, while his brother Reg works below. 16 May 1980.
