CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time. The Adam’s Retouching Machine, which weighs two-and-a-half stone, was invented in 1947 and gave photographers the opportunity to perfect their pictures. Instead of uploading images to a computer, photographers would place their negative under the magnifying glass. Blemishes in the picture could then be smoothed out by using a retouching pencil, assisted by the gentle vibrations of the machine.
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .