Seventies Collection (page 13)

Soho, London - Berwick Street Market W1 - view towards Peter Street. 1973

Omani girl in Oman
Oman. Omani girl wearing colourful tradition clothes. Kettle on the ground. Date: 1976

Soho, London - 68 Old Compton Street W1 - outside a newsagent, Moroni and Son. 1973

Soho, London - Falconberg Court W1 (later demolished to make way for the Crossrail project, the new Elizabeth Line). The Centrepoint building is visible in the upper distance. 1973

Soho, London - Denman Street - Casino de Paris Theatre
Soho, London - 5-7 Denman Street - Casino de Paris Theatre. It was a private members strip club, opened in April 1958, closed in September 1977, and later demolished. 1973

Female diver returning to dry land
A female diver returning to dry land, warming up with a hot drink from a vacuum flask top. 1970s

Stunt woman cannonball loses her knickers
Liza Knight, an 18-year-old stunt performer from Leicester, felt quite a draught after being shot from a cannon during a rehearsal

Female contortionist Diana Gaye relaxing
The female contortionist Diana Gaye stretching out and relaxing in her bikini. Date: 1971

Female contortionist Diana Gaye washing up
The female contortionist Diana Gaye helping (or hindering) her mother with the washing up. (1 of 2) Date: 1971

Female contortionist Diana Gaye and car boot
The female contortionist Diana Gaye sitting half in and half out of an open car boot, helped by a young male assistant. (2 of 5) Date: 1971

Female contortionist Diana Gaye making tea
The female contortionist Diana Gaye in the kitchen with her mother, making a pot of tea. (2 of 2) Date: 1971

Women police officers in self-defence exercise
Two women police officers taking part in a self-defence demonstration exercise at an outdoor event. One of them is Inspector Sheila Ward. Date: circa early 1970s

Inspector Sheila Ward, Met Police, London
Inspector Sheila Ward (b.c1937), Met Police, London, the first woman to hold the post of Station Inspector, at Kings Cross. Seen here speaking to a line of male police officers

Princess Margaret meeting Metropolitan Police officers during a visit to the Commissioners Mess. Among those present are Assistant Commissioner John Gerrard

Inspector Janet Knott, Met Police, London
Inspector Janet Knott, first woman inspector in the Traffic Division of the Met Police, London. Seen here speaking on a motorcycle radio, with a male colleague on the right. Date: circa 1970s

Woman police officer riding horse, London
Woman police officer (Marion Hatton) riding her horse in a park. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Eight women police officers in new Surrey uniform
Eight women police officers posing in the new Surrey uniform introduced in 1973. The jacket was single-breasted with four buttons, trousers were introduced as an option

Male and female police officers on duty in London, walking along a pavement with traffic on the road in the background. The WPC (Siobhan Clark)

Two women police officers in updated uniform, London
Two women police officers posing in the updated uniform introduced in 1977, with a range of mix and match options. The checkered cravat replaced the bow tie, though here the cravat is not patterned

Girl with traffic cone on her head
Little girl with a traffic cone on her head, amusing a man with a line-painting machine. Date: 1970s

Teenage girl in her bedroom, with various posters on the walls, including one of David Essex. Date: 1970s

Estelle Lingerie Glamour Wear - Back to the Cave... as shapely as Eve. 1971

Young girl sitting on kerb, Foxhill Road, Eccles
A young girl enjoys a giggle as she sits on the kerb in Foxhill Road, Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1975

Four children with sweet cigarettes
Four children appear to be smoking, although in reality they have sweet cigarettes in their mouths. Date: circa 1977

Twin chimneys of Barton Power Station, Eccles
The twin chimneys of the long-demolished Barton Power Station reflected in the water of the Bridgewater Canal in Eccles, Manchester

I Wonder Whats For Tea. Ayresome Park Middlesbrough. 1973
I Wonder Whats For Tea. Ayresome Park Middlesbrough. March 1973 1973

Scene inside London Underground tunnel after a crash
Scene inside a London Underground tunnel following an incident on 28 February 1975. A train had failed to stop at Moorgate station and had crashed into the wall at the end of the tunnel

Queen Elizabeth II visiting scouts in Manitoba, Canada
Queen Elizabeth II visiting scouts during a Jamboree at Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, on 10 July 1970. Date: 1970

Khyber Intercontinental Hotel - Peshawar, Pakistan. Now under new management. Date: 1975

Saudi Arabia - Mountains near Abha Date: 1976

GLC-LFB 50 foot wheeled escape ladder
A Morris style 50 foot wheeled escape ladder parked in the fire brigade workshops at Lambeth. When not carried on fire engines escape ladders were normally stored in this fashion

GLC-LFB Dennis emergency rescue tender
The word Rescue was added to the sides of the London Fire Brigades fleet of emergency tenders, and ETs became known as ERTs (Emergency rescue tenders)

LCC-LFB A diesel AEC-Merryweather Dennis pump
Pictured at the Brigade Headquarters drill yard, Lambeth SE1, a dual purpose appliance which for some reason does not have any hosereels!

Queen Elizabeth II, Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Edward
Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and their youngest son, Prince Edward. Date: 1970s

Derelict Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
View of the derelict Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales. The foreground is littered with pieces of wood, including an empty coffin which has broken apart. The colliery closed in 1969

Woman with a cat on either shoulder
A short-haired woman with a cat on either shoulder -- she is taking them for a walk in the park, and has them on leads

Children playing on an umbrella roundabout
A group of children playing on an umbrella style roundabout on Lindfield Common, Sussex, England

UFO saucer nest, Langenburg, Saskatchewan, Canada
Saucer nest at Langenburg, Saskatchewan (Canada) -- this is a mark on the ground where a UFO has supposedly landed

TV Remote Contol 1970S
A fashionable young man in a beige jacket adjusts the text service on his television with the aid of the latest gadget - a remote control!

La Rubia alien abduction, Paciencia, Brazil
At Paciencia (near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), bus driver Antonio La Rubia is abducted by robot-like entities on board a UFO

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