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MPX5127401: Prime Minister visits Britain's front line. Mr Winston Churchill paid a visit on Wednesday to Dover and Ramsgate where he inspected air raid damage and met local A.R.P workers. Despite the fact there was an almost continuous air raid warning during his visit the Prime Minister carried on unperturbed. He saw an air battle in which two machines were shot down into the sea in front of him. Picture shows:- Winston Churchill leaving a small hotel at Ramsgate which had been wrecked an hour or two earlier. 29th August 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5127530: Passers-by stop on Cenarth Bridge to look at the coracle men plying their craft down the Teifi. Following a pattern evolved over two thousand years ago, coracle builders construct the oval, basket-shaped boats that were being used by ancient Britons when Caesar invaded the island. Willow and hazel rods are bent into shape and covered with tarred calico, making a small, light craft in which a single paddler sits. They are used mainly by salmon fishers along remote Welsh rivers, and coracle men have been responsible for adding measurably to Britain's fish supply during the war. When conditions are favourable the men often work for 19 hours a day, c. 1945 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5127547: The coracle, owing to its maneuverability, has served several purposes in the course of time. At one time they were used for the punishment of criminals. History records that wrongdoers whose crime deserved death were put to sea in a boat of one hide and driven from land. A less sinister use to which they are still put is sheep dipping. The coracle men take their craft out on the remote rivers of Wales and paddle around among the sheep as they are being dipped making sure that none get drowned and that all are properly dipped. In this picture the coracles are being carried over the rocks near the Cenarth Falls where they will be used for gathering driftwood, September 1945 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5127555: Coracle fisherman on the Teifii seen here with something in the net - and it's heavy. The net is drawn in and the catch is taken aboard.. Following a pattern evolved over two thousand years ago, coracle builders construct the oval, basket-shaped boats that were being used by ancient Britons when Caesar invaded the island. Willow and hazel rods are bent into shape and covered with tarred calico, making a small, light craft in which a single paddler sits. They are used mainly by salmon fishers along remote Welsh rivers, and coracle men have been responsible for adding measurably to Britain's fish supply during the war. When conditions are favourable the men often work for 19 hours a day, c. 1945 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5127583: It was the end of six weeks' public dieting for the 12 Sunday Sun slimmers last Thursday. A packed audience came to Jopling's store, Sunderland, to see the final weigh-in of our brave contestants, and to watch two fast-moving fashion shows in which all the models were Sunday Sun readers 18 April 1974 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5127611: If you want a healthy job and like meeting people, deliver the mail, says Mrs. Gertrude Haynes. And she should know because she has just retired after 32 years as postwoman in the village of Priors Marston. She has far-reaching family links with the Post Office. Her great aunt ran the village post office for 42 years and her mother was post-mistress for 44 years. She took over the job of postwoman for the village in 1942. "I never dreamed I would stay in the job this long, but I loved it," she said. "I used to go out in all weathers. I once got stuck in a snow drift. When I started they offered me trousers to wear, but I thought I'd rather wear a skirt." Postal workers wages were lower in those days as well as the hemlines. When she fist started work she was earning just under £2 a week. 13th June 1974 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images