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Background imageAssistance Collection: Picture set to accompany Diana Rigg, who plays Emma Peel

Picture set to accompany Diana Rigg, who plays Emma Peel, pictured riding a white horse across the beach at St Marys Bay, New Romney, Kent on a day of lovely weather

Background imageAssistance Collection: Graziella Fontana fashion June 1965 A model is helped into a long coat with large

Graziella Fontana fashion June 1965 A model is helped into a long coat with large collar and cuffs by another woman who is kneeling on the floor in front of her

Background imageAssistance Collection: Leading firemen Morris, Mobbs and Fireman Colin Benton (right

Leading firemen Morris, Mobbs and Fireman Colin Benton (right) put on their breathing apparatus. note to editors - it is not clear what Fire Station these men are

Background imageAssistance Collection: Miss Ellen Wilkinson sympathising with Corporal LG Biddle, whose twins, aged 5

Miss Ellen Wilkinson sympathising with Corporal LG Biddle, whose twins, aged 5, had not been discovered amongst the debris late last night

Background imageAssistance Collection: HMS Frobisher, one of the British Royal navy cruisers which during the week before D-day

HMS Frobisher, one of the British Royal navy cruisers which during the week before D-day, when the allied expeditionary Forces sailed for France

Background imageAssistance Collection: A mobile advice and information unit, The Citizens Advice Bureau

A mobile advice and information unit, The Citizens Advice Bureau, for The National Council of Social Service, visits Cardiff. During this week, the van will visit South Wales and Monmouthshire

Background imageAssistance Collection: The greatest quantity of airborne supplies ever dropped to resistance forces in

The greatest quantity of airborne supplies ever dropped to resistance forces in the Mediterranean zone during a 48 hour period was safely delivered to Marshal Titos partisan army in Yugoslavia by

Background imageAssistance Collection: Roadside repairs. Staff Sergeant Arthur Bishop from Shepherds Bush, London

Roadside repairs. Staff Sergeant Arthur Bishop from Shepherds Bush, London, in a spot of bother having lost his button, is having it sown back on by Madeleine Louvel. Picture taken in Normandy, 1944

Background imageAssistance Collection: A shop assistant removes the scribbling on the wall outside her shop in Kirkby, Liverpool

A shop assistant removes the scribbling on the wall outside her shop in Kirkby, Liverpool, where youths congregate at night. 18th March 1965

Background imageAssistance Collection: Father Christmas was on his way to a party in aid of

Father Christmas was on his way to a party in aid of Save Tadworth Court Hospital which was being held on the luxury boat Sir Thomas More

Background imageAssistance Collection: The engine of a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airliner / aircraft being examined at Gatwick

The engine of a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airliner / aircraft being examined at Gatwick Airport. 11/06/1979

Background imageAssistance Collection: Thomas William Burgess swimming the channel. 7th September, 1911

Thomas William Burgess swimming the channel. 7th September, 1911

Background imageAssistance Collection: Sales at Selfridges in Oxford street. Mrs Diana Leonard, 26, of West London

Sales at Selfridges in Oxford street. Mrs Diana Leonard, 26, of West London, trying on a £ 575 red fox fur coat. She did not buy it but was prepared to spend the money


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