MPX5137593: A man of the sea perched high above the deck of the Cutty Sark returns the wave to two young boys. The friendly old salt is Godfrey Wicksteed a, 69 year old former sailor who likes nothing better than to get up up and away on the famous clipper which is in dry dock at Greenwich, London June 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137629: Ship Queen Elizabeth II - September 1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137632: Angela Lansbury at the premiere of 'Bedknobs & Broomsticks' held at the Odeon, Leicester Square., 7th October 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137644: Miss World Contestants, Variety Club Luncheon, Savoy Hotel, London,, 4th November 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137659: The Italian tall ship Amerigo Vespucci, used for training, arriving in Plymouth Sound August 1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137695: Aircraft Vickers Valliant B1 bomber, part of the V Force on a low fast fly past along the runway at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show 1952 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137716: Aircraft Jet Provost RAF Red Pelicans display team 1965 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137719: DeHavilland Trident, 1C at Heathrow Airport in the colour scheme of BEA (British European Airways), in the background are, 2 Vickers Vanguards. September 1962 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137722: 1972 Miners Strike. Coal Miners Pickets clash with NCB Office Workers outside the Coal Board Office in Tondu, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, 26th January 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137725: Aircraft English Electric Lightning F3's and Hawker Siddeley Gnat T1's fly in a, 12 ship formation as they prepare for a flying display at the Paris Air Show 1965 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137740: Holiday scenes in Blackpool, Lancashire., 21st August 1949 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137752: No tickling stick, but Ken Dodd is Malvolio in the playhouse production of Twelfth Night has a handy staff., 10th November 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137770: Aerial view of Sir Francis Chichester arriving at Plymouth to complete the final leg of his single handed sail around the world in his boat the Gysy Moth IV May 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137782: Suez Crisis 1956 - British ships at anchor are checked by divers in readiness for possible action, 1956 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137513: Road widening along Bury Street Ruislip, London, c. 1930 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137525: Michael Bonallack holding trophy cup he won at The British Amateur Golf Championship at Royal Porthcawl, 12/06/1965 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137528: British Open 1977 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137555: British Open 1977 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137564: British Open 1977 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137588: Lester Piggott and Noel Murless at Kempton racecourse July 1966 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137591: A 'National' Winner?, 5th April 1940 (illustration), Zec, Philip (1909-1983) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137600: "Here's to the bold and free!", 12th April 1940 (illustration), Zec, Philip (1909-1983) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137615: Angela Lansbury and Peter Shaw, who are in London for their wedding., 26th July 1949 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137624: Jane Bell, model aged, 21 years old, from Liverpool,, 30th July 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137651: Second World War in Merseyside. The ruins of the organ in Wallasey Town Hall, which was damaged by a bomb during the air raids. No one was injured., 31st August 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137657: Halloween at the Crown Leamington pub., 30th October 1979 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137660: The Mayflower II, April 1957 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137705: 1972 Miners Strike. Coal Miners Pickets clash with NCB Office Workers outside the Coal Board Office in Tondu, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, 26th January 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137708: 1972 Miners Strike. Coal Miners Pickets clash with NCB Office Workers outside the Coal Board Office in Tondu, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, 26th January 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137714: The Torrey Canyon a Crude Oil tanker which sank off the shores of Penzance, Cornwall which caused an oil spillage and pollution. Thick black smoke. 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137735: Aircraft Hawker Siddeley Kestral VTOL vertical take off jet trials squadron. The Kestrel was the forerunner of the Harrier jump jet. 1965 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137747: 1972 Miners Strike. Scuffles as office workers try to get through Miners Picket Lines at the NCB Offices at Llanishen, Cardiff, Wales, Tuesday, 25th January 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137753: A break from work as Cadbury employees at Bournville rest up during the heatwave. West Midlands, c. 1932 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137768: 1972 Miners Strike. An office worker at the NCB Office at Llanishen, north of Cardiff, walks through a line of Police Officers, providing protection, when pickets were out trying to stop the office workers from entering the building, Llanishen, Cardiff, Wales, Tuesday, 25th January 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137774: The Liberian cargo ship Irene aground on South Ronaldshay in the Orkneys. Her call for help was answered by the ill fated Longhope lifeboat March 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137786: Duchess of Rothesay after being raised 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images