A few months after the start of World war II members of the Women's Land Army stand round their tractor plough observing a minute's silence in honour of Armistice Day for the 1st world war! 11th November 1939. (Photo by Fox Photos)

Sheila Hamilton makes the ice fly during a rehearsal of one of her numbers “Winter Wonderland” in the “Cinderella” Ice show at the Empire Pool Wembley. 12th December 1952. (Photo by Fox Photos)

Two chimpanzees enjoy a cup of tea at Whipsnade, April 1937. (Photo by Fox Photos)

Sea-Ranger Girl Guides doing their semaphore practice on board the Motor Torpedo Boat 630 moored in the River Dart close to Dartmouth Naval College. 21st August 1948. (Photo by Charles Hewitt/Picture Post)

Two nuns riding mopeds, circa 1970. (Photo by Daily Express)

The Ganjou Brothers and Juanita, a group of dancers, posing in a semi naked embrace. On the bottom right is Serge Ganjou (1904–1998) brother of Bob and George. 2nd November 1937. (Photo by Sasha)

French Tennis player Rene Lacoste, one of France's “Four Musketeers” who won the Davis Cup in 1932, at Wimbledon. He is wearing his embroidered crocodile motif. (Photo by Topical Press Agency)

Small red and white reflectors fixed into the kerb along the Great West Road at Cranford for about 100 yards to guide motorists on dark or foggy nights. 14th March 1935. (Photo by Arthur Tanner/Fox Photos)

A photographer tries to take a picture of a fifty tonne accumulator which is being transported from Annan in Scotland to Uttoxeter, 9th May 1936. (Photo by Nick Yapp/Fox Photos)

Indian poet, artist and writer Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), circa 1930. (Photo by Hulton Archive)

A happy hippopotamus plays with a beach ball, circa 1980. (Photo by Three Lions)

Three Marion Morgan dancing girls caught in mid-air formation, 1926. (Photo by Topical Press Agency)

A huge model of the mythical half-man half-beast creature the yeti, in Rome for the shooting of Frank Kramer's film “Yeti”. 18th July 1977. (Photo by Keystone)

French pop singer Sylvie Vartan adopts a studied pose, standing on a chair. She is returning to the Paris Olympia accompanied by her “Boys”. Sylvie's act at Olympia is choreographed by Ramene from Los Angeles. 8th September 1972. (Photo by Keystone)

Sir Alec Guinness (1914–2000) examines a patient, played by Madeleine Smith, in the stage play “Habeas Corpus” by Alan Bennett. 9th May 1973. (Photo by Central Press)

Wearing a satin and lastex top and a skirt made of fishnet Ann Evors, a Paramount player, poses for the cameramen on the beach, circa 1928. (Photo by Central Press)

A landgirl of the Timber Corps, 1942. (Photo by Horace Abrahams/Keystone Features)

A tricycle fitted with fog lights and special red lamps, designed to act as pilots for buses during foggy weather. 25th February 1935. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos)

A monkey-themed float on the streets of Reigate in Surrey during carnival time. 7th September 1932. (Photo by J. Gaiger)

Dorothy Lamour (1914–1996), playing with “Jiggs” the screen chimpanzee, while on location in Palm Springs for the filming of “Her Jungle Love”, a Paramount production, circa 1937. (Photo by Hulton Archive)