100,000 Sing in the Rain as the Spurs Bring F. A. Cup Home
"100,000 Sing in the Rain"
This was the fantastic scene, in Tottenham yesterday (6-5-62) as the super Spurs came home.... with the F. A. Cup. More than 100,000 people lined a three-mile route for the team's victory drive.
The Spurs, who on Saturda...
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A. H. Hewitt
"Britain's Space Exploration Director"
Photo shows : Group Captain A. H. Hewitt, R.A.F. who has been appointed to the important post of Deputy Director of Operational Requirements – Space. Aged 44 Group Captain Hewitt will be in control of all mat...
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Billie Whitelaw in "Make Mine Mink"
"Talented up-and-coming screen star Billi Whitelaw as she appears in MAKE MINE MINK"
"MAKE MINE MINK" is a sparkling comedy which tells the story of a gang of upper class 'paying guests' who, with the hel of their eccentric landlady, steal mink co...
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Britain's Newest Cable Ship to Lay United States-Bermuda Cable
Britain's newest cable ship, "Retriever", pictured here at Surrey Commercial Docks, London, England, is being prepared for her first working voyage, when she will lay the shore ends of a new telephone cable between the United States and Bermuda.
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Danny Blanchflower Holding the F. A. Cup
"Spurs Win FA Cup 3-1"
Tottenham Hotspur won the FA Cup for the second year running by defeating Burnley 3-1 today at Wembley.
Photo shows: Danny Blanchflower, the winning captain, holds cup aloft, on shoulder of Bobby Smith (left) and Maurice Nor...
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Go-Kart Kids
When a director of a British precision engineering company was asked by his nine-year-old son to make him a pedal car, he decided to design and build a go-kart which would not only stand up to hard wear but would also incorporate special safety fe...
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Lieutenant-General Sir Nigel Poett
"Lieutenant-General Sir Nigel Poett, K.C.B., D.S.O."
In June 1961, Lieutenant-General Sir Nigel Poett returns to the Far East to succeed General Sir Richard Hall as Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces. General Poett had previously served with...
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London Gave Yuri Gagarin a Great Reception
London gave Yuri Gagarin the world's first man to space a great reception today (11-7-1961). There were cheers and applause at London Airport. And more cheers as the twenty-seven-year-old Soviet spaceman drove to the Russian Embassy in London befo...
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