MPX5158632: The Hixon rail crash occurred on 6 January 1968 when a low-loader transporter carrying a 150 ton electrical transformer was struck by the 11.30 Intercity Manchester to Euston express train on a recently installed automatic level crossing at Hixon, Staffordshire, England., 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5158695: Baschurch train crash: The recover operation at Baschurch railway station following the collision between Wellington to Chester Down express passenger train and a freight train, which had been shunted into a siding for the passenger train to go ahead, which was still partially obstructing the main line. The locomotive of the passenger struck the leading vehicle of the freight train a glancing blow causing the passenger train to overturned on to the Up line between the platforms of the station. Three people were killed and 27 injured as a result of the accident. 13th February 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5158701: Mrs Diana Freeman from Headcorn, Kent says goodbye to her children Jamie and Elizabeth before setting off from her home this morning in a single engined aircraft with friend Patrick Speedy. The trip will take them as far as the Sudan, flying over some of the remotest desert in North Africa. The family, including husband Christopher, are planning a celebration when she returns in the new year. 18th December 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5158773: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the ceremony in which the newly ascended monarch, Elizabeth II, was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ceylon, and Pakistan, as well as taking on the role of Head of the Commonwealth, (Picture) Bishops paying homage to the Queen, 2nd June 1953 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5158779: Corfe Castle, The Square, Wareham, Dorset. Corfe Castle's location - sandwiched on a hill, in a gap between two other hill ranges made it almost impossible to attack. As a result it was largely used as the Royal Treasury. It was also famous for being the location of one of the few cases of known regicide in Britain - on the 15th April 975, the young King Edward was stabbed in the back as he mounted his horse whilst hunting in Purbeck - he was buried without honours as he was (clearly) unpopular with the nobility, yet his body was later exhumed and found to be untouched by decay. As a result he was declared a saint and a martyr. Pictured is a couple enjoying the view of the castle, 28th August 1952 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images