MPX5124071: Tapping molten steel from a 30 ton electric arc furnace at the English Steel Corporation Works (Vickers) in Sheffield, which specialises in the electrical induction method. This type of furnace produces high quality carbon and alloy steels, used extensively in the aircraft and motor industries, 1946 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124251: Pop singer Alice Cooper aged 23 flew into Heathrow Airport today with his pet boa constrictor, wearing a flimsy see-through shirt with no buttons. He calls his python Rachina and allowed it to slide over his face and neck. Alice Cooper flew in from the United States and will be appearing in Britain. He is staying in London, 21st October 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5129176: The Beatles in the studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios, London). That morning, during a photo session, Ringo Starr had become seriously ill and had to be hospitalized. Since The Beatles were scheduled to leave on a world tour the very next morning, it was too late to cancel the tour. Brian Epstein and George Martin arranged for a temporary drummer to take Ringo's place for the first part of the tour, and the drummer selected was Jimmy Nicol, someone who they knew to be talented but who was unknown enough not to be mistaken as a permanent replacement for Ringo. On the spur of a last-minute phone call from George Martin, Nicol rushed over to EMI Studios, where he and The Beatles ran through six songs from their tour repertoire in a quick rehearsal ("I Want to Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You", "I Saw Her Standing There", "This Boy", "Can't Buy Me Love", and "Long Tall Sally"), Just 27 hours later, drummer Jimmy Nicol was performing live with The Beatles in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 3, 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5129288: North East Festivals Graham Stevens went walking on water and got that sinking feeling. After a few steps on the lake at Exhibition Park, Newcastle, his ingenious PVC balloon sprang a leak and he sank to the bottom. This display was part of festival called Inflatables 5 October 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images