1973 Gallery

Bobby Charlton, Manchester United, announces his retirement as a player

Bobby Charlton, Manchester United, announces his retirement as a player. Bobby signed for Manchester United in 1956 and retired in 1973. He scored 199 goals in 606 appearances for the club.
Picture shows the 1972/3 Manchester United manager, Tommy Docherty (far left with his arms folded) and Matt Busby, ex Manchester United manager on the far right.
Bobby is 2nd from the right in the stripy tie.
His last game would be Chelsea v Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on 28th April 1973. (one nil to Chelsea)
Picture taken 23rd April 1973

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Kim Phuc, the little Vietnamese girl whose picture was seen through out the world when

Kim Phuc, the little Vietnamese girl whose picture was seen through out the world when she ran screaming down the road after her home had just been bombed. Her back and arms had been burnt by Napalm when the bombs dropped on her village of Trang Bang, 25 miles south west of Saigon in South Vietnam. Kim was then taken to the Barksy Centre for Plastic and reconstructive surgery in Saigon's Chinese twin city of Cholon. Thi Kim Phuc, is back with her family in Trang Bang. 18th February 1973

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Pigeons in danger of a slip up. A bid to clean up part of Leicester around the Lloyds

Pigeons in danger of a slip up. A bid to clean up part of Leicester around the Lloyds Bank Building in the High Street, Leicester.
Four men using a hydraulic platform and a special jelly substance began a fight to save the appearance of the building by banishing pigeons.
Working throughout the day, the men coated the roof, windowsills and other perching places with the jelly.
The jelly coated on the building does not become solid. When the pigeons land on it they feel unsafe and fly away immediately. 26th March 1973

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