Celebration of the company centenary. Freeth Street in Birmingham and Harry Wedge are mentioned. The photograph shows the galvaniser ensuring that quality is to a high standard.

Graham Drewett was enrolled as a life member of the Golden Eye Club after wearing safety equipment and escaping serious injury in a works accident. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Thrushall Walk, South Africa and the National Occupation

Highton’s Raiders, a country and western club based at the Old Trooper, Leamore, Bloxwich, donated toys to the children’s ward for Christmas. The photograph shows Peter Bernard of Fifth Avenue, Wolverhampton, with John Farringdon and student nurse Julie R

Wolverhampton Rangers western club, who were based at the Red Lion, Bilston Road, presented gifts to the geriatric and childrens’s units at the hospital. The photograph shows Manjit Dhanjal Singh and Lissell Guy with Sister H. Northern receiving gifts fro

A display team from the Staffordshire Regiment was touring the West Midlands showing off aspects of military life. The photograph shows Adrian Preece of Fisher Street in Penn Fields trying out a bugle, alongside Lance-Corporal Tim Adams from Stoke.

Richard Humphries from Meadow Walk in Cradley Heath was reunited with ambulance workers who helped to save his life after a road accident, at the station’s open day. Ray Hardwick and Georgina Humphries are mentioned. The photograph shows Jenna Endres with

The airship part-owned by Richard Branson was wrecked when it made an emergency landing in a blizzard near Halesowen, with Jonathan Martin-Hale and David Hollyholmes scrambling clear before it was blown into a wood at Farley Farm in Romsley. Derek Millwar

The team won a Hereford-Worcester Fire Bridgade technical quiz and would represent the county in the district finals. The Red Watch is mentioned, and the photograph shows (left to right) Phil Russell, Brian Rushton, Robin Wylde, Adrian Moore and Alan Hale

The team represented Hereford-Worcester Fire Brigade in the national finals of a fire brigades’ quiz at Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire and won the top prize, beating opposition from Tayside, Mid-Glamorgan and Nottinghamshire. The photograph shows Rob

A block of seven shops and 16 flats had helped to bring a new lease of life to the village. The premises that can be seen include Clarkes, B. J. Flavell Cycles Ltd, Tipton & Coseley Building Society and George Udall.