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Snooker player John Pulman (left) and Fred davis (right) watching a craftsman laying the billiard cloth.
The platform at Sutton Coldfield station where wrecked coaches and detached wheels still block the line after yesterday's train disaster. At least 15 people lost their lives and more than 40 were injured when the 12.15 from York to Bristol became derailed while passing through the station. The train had been diverted through Sutton Coldfield from its usual route because of track repairs.
Freebooter, the 1950 Grand National winner, is in a new role at a meet of the Bedale at Well Hall, Yorkshire. In the saddle is Mrs Roy Smith.
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CP2STO49921 | 1955-01 
Princess Margaret receives a posy from a shy five-year-old, Angela Whittaker, during her visit to the Kirkvine Alumina Works, near Mandeville, Jamaica, while on her Caribbean tour.
Mr Donald Campbell smiles from the cockpit of ‘Bluebird’, his jet speedboat, during trials on Lake Ullswater, Cumberland. Mr Campbell, speaking at a Carlisle meeting said an attempt on the record is likely to be a very long job, “if it is done with any reasonable degree of safety. But, he assured, “if it takes to next year to achieve our goal, we will take no unnecessary risks or put this attempt in jeopardy.
Donald Campbell (centre of white-overalled figures) is amused by his wife’s grimace as Mrs Dorothy Campbell (on left) smashes a bottle of champagne against a wooden structure erected at the top of ‘Bluebird’ for the craft’s christening. The scene was Lake Ullswater in Cumberland where Donald is preparing his turbojet hydroplane for his attempt on the world water speed record.
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CP2STO49919 | 1955-02 
Diedre Sender wears "Firefly" evening dress of flame silk.
Rachel Kempson, actress wife of actor Michael Redgrave, right, and their daughter Vanessa Redgrave, at the premiere of the film 'The Night My Number Came Up' - in which Michael stars - at the Leicester Square Theatre, London.
American singer Eddie Fisher and his bride-to-be Debbie Reynolds, newly arrived in London from New York. *Neg corrupt. Scanned from print
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CP2STO49916 | 1955-03 
American heart-throb singer Eddie Fisher and his bride-to-be actress Debbie Reynolds huddle together as they wait to go aboard a BEA Viscount at London Airport to fly to Lisbon. They plan to wed on June 17th. *Neg corrupt. Scanned from print
Queen Elizabeth II leaving Lancaster Town Hall with the town's mayor, Councillor B. Scott.
Ruth Ellis, who was hanged at Holloway Prison on 13th July 1955, for killing her lover, racing driver David Blakely. She was the last woman to be hanged in Britain.
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CP2STO49914 | 1955-04 
A view of the Assembly Room at the Guildhall in Gloucester during the Civic Luncheon attended by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. They were in Gloucester for a visit during the Octo-Centenary of the grant of the first Royal Charter in 1155 by Henry II.
Queen Elizabeth II walks between lines of nurses as she leaves the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester. She was in Gloucester for a visit during the Octo-Centenary of the grant of the first Royal Charter in 1155 by Henry II.
Queen Elizabeth II leaving the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, after seeing the ballet 'Homage to the Queen', the Coronation ballet which was first performed on Coronation Day.
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CP2STO49912 | 1955-05 
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in Oslo's National Theatre, as they attended a gala performance in honour of their State visit. Left of the Queen is King Haakon, and right of the Duke is Crown Prince Olav. Standing behind are the Crown Prince's daughters Princess Astrid, left, and Princess Ragnhild and his son, Prince Harald (behind the King).
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by Professor Bjorn Hougen, walk around a Viking ship in the Norwegian Folk Museum at Bygdo, just outside Oslo.
Television personality Sabrina, the girl who made a million fans without uttering a sound, gets some tips on recording technique from singer Jimmy Young with the help of a tape recorder in London's Hyde Park. Sabrina is to show that she really does have a voice by making some records soon and who is there better able to give her advice on the subject than Jimmy Young? His record of 'Unchained Melody' is Britain's top selling disc and has already passed the 100,000 mark in sales.
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CP2STO49911 | 1955-06 
Queen Elizabeth II visiting Newquay Flats, Kennington, London.
Former Olympic sprinter and now a clergyman, the Reverend Nicolas Stacey during his wedding at St Paul's, Knightsbridge, London.
Former Olympic sprinter and now a clergyman, the Reverend Nicolas Stacey and his bride, Anne Bridgeman, daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Bridgeman, leave after their wedding at St Paul's, Knightsbridge, London.
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CP2STO49908 | 1955-07 
Queen Elizabeth II arriving at the Agricultural Show at Brecon, Wales for the bicentenary of the Brecknockshire Agricultural Society.
Queen Elizabeth II, in charge of a stall at a sale of work at Abergeldy Castle, near Balmoral, Scotland. The sale was organised by the Queen Mother to help raise funds for the building of a vestry at Crathie Church.
PREMIUM -- Joe DiMaggio, former U.S. Baseball Star, visits a friend - Italian film actress Gina Lollobrigida - on the set of 'Trapeze' at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris. Another member of the cast also welcomes him.
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CP2STO49906 | 1955-08 
File photo dated 05/09/1955 of Jimmy Guthrie.
A seven foot sunflower with a nine inch span grows on a narrow raft in the Thames at Limehouse, East London. With the flower is Mr F Conn, who lives in Limehouse. The flower is believed to have grown from a seed dropped from a bird.
Queen Elizabeth II at Doncaster racecourse to see the St. Leger.
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CP2STO49905 | 1955-09 
The ten members of Britain's Ryder Cup golf team at Coombe Hill Golf Club, Surrey. Left to right: Harry Bradshaw, Eric Brown, Christy O'Connor, Harry Weetman, John Fallon, Dai Rees (captain) Syd Scott, Arthur Lees, Ken Bousfield and John Jacobs.
Italian actress Sophia Loren looking glamorous eating a banana and with her hair in pins. This unusual off-the-set shot was made as she was making 'Woman of the River'.
Fishing boats in Flushing, Netherlands
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CP2STO49903 | 1955-10 
Queen Elizabeth II watches closely as Albert Birks 'tastes' a plate he had just made at the works of Josiah Wedgwood and Sons at Barlaston, Staffordshire. At right is John Wedgwood, Deputy Chairman of the firm.
The Queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, stand immobile during the two minutes silence of the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph, Whitehall.
A lone figure in black, the Queen places her wreath on the Cenotaph when she leads the nation's homage to the dead of two world wars. Flanking the monolith are members of the clergy, leaders of the political parties and members of the cabinet. At left, inside the hollow square formed by the three services, are the Dukes of Edinburgh and Gloucester.
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CP2STO49901 | 1955-11 
Queen Elizabeth II arriving at Leicester Square Theatre for the premiere of the film 'Richard III'. The film is Sir Laurence Olivier's third Shakespearean production and the Queen was seeing it at her own request.
Left to right: the first three men home - I H Boyd (Oxford No.3) finished first; R J Forster (Cambridge No.10) finished third and A D Gordon (Oxford No.4) who was joint first with Boyd as both Oxford men passed the post together.
Four tennis players board a BOAC liner at London Airport on their way to compete in the Indian Lawn Tennis Championship. (from top left, clockwise) Hamilton Rogers, Robert Perry, Althea Gibson and Karol Fageros.
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CP2STO49898 | 1955-12 
Queen Elizabeth II feeds a carrot to a horse, watched by trainer Paul Nicholls, during a visit to Manor Farm Stables in Ditcheat, Somerset on March 28, 2019.
King Charles III (centre) arrives for a Sunday church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk. Picture date: Sunday January 5, 2025.
Vanessa Hudgens, Austin Butler attends the "2015 Dance Industry Awards" held at Avalon
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Ted Kennedy, veteran of 13 years in the NHL competition, leaves the ice for possibly the last time after the Leafs were eliminated by Detroit in the stanley Cup playoffs March 30, 1955.THE CANADIAN PRESS/CP
Saigon, South Vietnam 1955-- Vietnam - Canadian Truce Team in Indo-China. The Internationl Commission's Fixed Team in Saigon discuss their inspection of the ammunition ship in background (l. to r.): Capt. Allen, Maj. Hanspal, Lt.Col. Panum, Lt.Col. Wysocki, Mr. Swierkocki and Capt. Lamarre.(CP PHOTO) 1998 (National Archives of Canada) PA-146523
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CP1STO577944 | 1955 
FILE - In this Dec. 10, 1955 file photo, actress Nanette Fabray poses as she leaves Mt. Sinai hospital in New York. Fabray, the vivacious, award-winning star of the stage, film and television, has died at age 97. Fabray's son, Dr. Jamie MacDougall, tells The Associated Press his mother died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, at her home in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - In this file photo dated Nov. 8, 1955, Former British diplomat and journalist Harold "Kim" Philby faces the media at his parents' London house. The Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin on Tuesday Nov. 6, 2018, decreed that a square near the headquarters of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service be named after Kim Philby, the Briton who was the most successful Soviet double agent of the Cold war period. (AP Photo)
CANADA dom Army Royal 22nd Regiment (NY22-Oct.3) LEGGO MY GOATEE— Canada' s Governor-General Vincent Massey gets acquainted at Ottawa with the British goat he is presenting to Quebec's Royal 22nd Regiment,known as the Van Doos. The ancestors of the goat, which came from the London zoo, were given to Britain's Queen Victoria by the then Shah of Persia. (jdc21505cp)1955
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CP1STO577945 | 1955 
PREMIUM -- WHS#29201: Man holding up one of two large W.R. Carnes Company air diffuser shells to show their size. Verona, Wisconsin, 1955. Wisconsin Historical Society/Courtesy Everett Collection.
Actress Anita Ekberg seen here during a Daily Mirror photo shoot in her hotel room were she met Mirror entertainment report Donald Zec. Mirrorpix/Courtesy Everett Collection (MPWA3725289)
Ava Gardner with the Queen during a Royal Command Film Performance, October 1955. Mirrorpix/Courtesy Everett Collection (MPWA2937497)
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CP2STO47692 | 1955 
FILE - In this Dec. 10, 1955 file photo, actress Nanette Fabray poses as she leaves Mt. Sinai hospital in New York. Fabray, the vivacious, award-winning star of the stage, film and television, has died at age 97. Fabray's son, Dr. Jamie MacDougall, tells The Associated Press his mother died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, at her home in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. (AP Photo/File)
In this Dec. 8, 1955, file photo, All-America Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, halfback for Ohio State, and his wife, Barbara, pose with the Heisman Trophy awarded to Cassady in New York. Cassady, a Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL running back, died early Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Tampa, Fla., Jerry Emig, the Ohio State associate athletic director said. He was 85. Cassady played both football and baseball at Ohio State in the early 1950s, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1955. He also played 10 seasons in the NFL, mostly with the Detroit, and got the nickname "Hopalong" from local sports writers after the black-hatted Western star of the 1950s. (AP Photo)
FILe - In this dec. 6, 1955 file photo, Natalie Wood, from left, Tab Hunter and Peggy Lee, pose with trophies at the Audience Awards in Los Angeles. Wood accepted an award for the late James Dean for his role in "East of Eden"; Hunter was named promising new male actor; and singer Lee was named promising new actress. Hunter, the blond actor and singer who was the heartthrob of millions of teenage girls in the 1950s, and received new attention decades later when he revealed that he was gay, died on Sunday, July 8, 2018. He was 86. (AP Photo, File)
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CP1STO579600 | 1955-12 
Queen Elizabeth II visiting Newquay Flats, Kennington, London.
Former Olympic sprinter and now a clergyman, the Reverend Nicolas Stacey during his wedding at St Paul's, Knightsbridge, London.
Former Olympic sprinter and now a clergyman, the Reverend Nicolas Stacey and his bride, Anne Bridgeman, daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Bridgeman, leave after their wedding at St Paul's, Knightsbridge, London.
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CP2STO49908 | 1955-07 
Saigon, South Vietnam 1955-- Vietnam - Canadian Truce Team in Indo-China. The Internationl Commission's Fixed Team in Saigon discuss their inspection of the ammunition ship in background (l. to r.): Capt. Allen, Maj. Hanspal, Lt.Col. Panum, Lt.Col. Wysocki, Mr. Swierkocki and Capt. Lamarre.(CP PHOTO) 1998 (National Archives of Canada) PA-146523
(CPT9-June 6)--RED WINGS ACTION--Detroit Red Wings' goalie Glen Hall kicks out the puck as teammates Alex Delvecchio (centre) and Leonard (Red) Kelly (left) move it to help during action from the 1955 NHL season. (CP PHOTO) 1997 (CP)RjB1440edt
(CPT14-Jan.12)--WALTER HARRIS--Liberal Walter Harris, the federal finance minister who introduced the registered retirement savings plan, died on Sundat at age 94. Harris is shown in this 1955 photo. (CP PHOTO) 1999 (Files-CP)
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CP1STO579611 | 1955-01 
The ten members of Britain's Ryder Cup golf team at Coombe Hill Golf Club, Surrey. Left to right: Harry Bradshaw, Eric Brown, Christy O'Connor, Harry Weetman, John Fallon, Dai Rees (captain) Syd Scott, Arthur Lees, Ken Bousfield and John Jacobs.
Italian actress Sophia Loren looking glamorous eating a banana and with her hair in pins. This unusual off-the-set shot was made as she was making 'Woman of the River'.
Fishing boats in Flushing, Netherlands
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CP2STO49903 | 1955-10 
File photo dated 05/09/1955 of Jimmy Guthrie.
A seven foot sunflower with a nine inch span grows on a narrow raft in the Thames at Limehouse, East London. With the flower is Mr F Conn, who lives in Limehouse. The flower is believed to have grown from a seed dropped from a bird.
Queen Elizabeth II at Doncaster racecourse to see the St. Leger.
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CP2STO49905 | 1955-09 
Diedre Sender wears "Firefly" evening dress of flame silk.
Rachel Kempson, actress wife of actor Michael Redgrave, right, and their daughter Vanessa Redgrave, at the premiere of the film 'The Night My Number Came Up' - in which Michael stars - at the Leicester Square Theatre, London.
American singer Eddie Fisher and his bride-to-be Debbie Reynolds, newly arrived in London from New York. *Neg corrupt. Scanned from print
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CP2STO49916 | 1955-03 
Two motor cyclists try to push through giant snow drifts in Devon but find the roads impassable January 1955. Mirrorpix/Courtesy Everett Collection (MPWA1737211)
PREMIUM -- WHS#35147: Two clerks at a grocery store checkout counter with a woman and child purchasing milk and bread. The shelves behind the register are stocked with a selection of grocery merchandise. Madison, Wisconsin, 1955. Wisconsin Historical Society/Courtesy Everett Collection.
PREMIUM -- WHS#36880: Interior of Harry's Food Shop, 1122 Chandler Street, owned by Harry and Loretta Blodau, with customer Mary Huth with her children. Patricia Huth sits on the counter, and Gary Huth is being held. Madison, Wisconsin, 1955. Wisconsin Historical Society/Courtesy Everett Collection.
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CP2STO49920 | 1955-01 
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