Goldie the golden eagle, who escaped from her cage at London Zoo, perched on the crossbar of a goalpost on a football pitch in Regent's Park, London. (Photo by Jim Gray/Getty Images). 1965

Recreation time for the seminarists at St. Ignatius Loyala shrine at Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa (Guipúzcoa) in Spain. (Photo by Evans/Getty Images). 1955

A petrol pump attendant is surprised to see a lion emerge from the back of the van he is filling. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 7th January 1966

The tide comes in on a woman at Barry Sands who has fallen asleep in the sunshine. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 10th June 1938

A belly dancer from Middlesex entertains British troops in Cyprus. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images). 26th February 1964

Men emerge from the fifteen ton scoop of Europe's biggest digger at Corby in Northants. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 2nd November 1934

A boy, dressed as a toreador, faces a large prize-winning Jersey cow at a Scottish agricultural show. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 2nd May 1960

Pilgrims on their knees in front of the shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe in Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico. A local inhabitant, Juan Diego, claimed to have had visions of the Virgin Mary at this spot in 1531. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1950

9 year old Rachel Geary stands outside No 10 Downing St. wearing a gas mask and holding a banner. Protesters are campaigning to stop the proposed routing of the M25 through playing fields at Ashstead, claiming that children will be put at risk from lead poisoning. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 6th October 1978

A boy loses his balance in a skateboard race against a pot-plant, 17th August 1977. (Photo by Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)