The photograph shows 98-year-old Allan Bagot about to cast his vote at Collingwood School in Bushbury.

Fire officers organised an annual Christmas charity collection in town to raise money for a special magnifying television screen for the Staffordshire Association for the Welfare of the Blind. The photograph shows Eddie Patterson with Nancy Leslie and oth

The Children’s Club run by the Wolverhampton Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults was given a special tour of fire station, who had helped to organise fundraising events for the Society. The photograph shows Greg Silvester, using the hose,

The photograph shows the Invictor.

Ray had one of the country’s largest collections of old station lamps, specialising in Birmingham’s steam age. The photograph shows him holding his oldest lamp, from the Stockton and Darlington line from around 1850.

The photograph shows train guard Ted West from Cherwell Drive in Brownhills.

The photograph shows Paul Franks (left) and Leslie Allsop, both from Chudley Grove in Brownhills, on the footplate of the Alfred Paget steam locomotive with driver Keith Sergent.

The photograph shows Russell Barton from Howdell Lane in Brownhills operating the points to send the Alfred Paget steam locomotive on its way.

Hundreds of flying pickets swooped on five mines, causing widespread disruption as the coal board prepared to go back to court to curb illegal picket lines. Yorkshire, South Wales, and Littleton Colliery near Cannock are mentioned. The article was written

There were concerns that the miners’ strike could lead to a national confrontation not seen in the UK since 1926. Sir William Harcourt and William Churchill are mentioned. The photograph shows a confrontation between pickets and police officers.