The photograph shows David Sankey (left) and Mark Scutt.

Testing the Servis quartz washing machines on the production line.

One section in the firm’s new factory was devoted solely to the testing of engines. The photograph shows Peter Kiely equipping an engine with sensors prior to testing.

A machine designed and built by Snyder Ltd and developed by Sandvik at Halesowen to speed up the production of commercial vehicles by the Ford Motor Company.

Inside a new wholesale warehouse. The photograph shows Reg Ashwin, his wife Tessa, Arthur Allen, Mary Reeves and Tony Ashwin.

The name of the site changed from Stewarts & Lloyds (which came within the Northern and Tubes Group) to Bilston Iron and Steelworks.

The firm was building an electrical and environmental test centre for its products. The photograph shows Mr K. C. Baggott stacking transformer windings in the tropical chamber.

Workers went on strike over a plan to stop Union meetings. The photograph shows Charles B. Barton.

An appeal was launched to save the oldest building in Tettenhall, which was being used as a priest’s home by the Roman Catholic Church of St Thomas of Canterbury. The photograph shows (from left) Father Thomas Rock, Larry McLean and Peter Bateson.

The Cardiff-based street theatre group brough traffic to a standstill as they gave shows in Kidderminster and Bewdley as part of a programme of activities organised by Wyre Forest Council. The photograph shows Tom Rack, Rick Turner and Peter Gregory (on t