Geoffrey Freegard was being forced to sell part of his collection of old wagos and farm implements to make way for his latest acquisition, a Sicilian wedding cart, built in 1890.

The company had come through the recession relatively unsathed. The photograph shows Ron with Sam Robinson checking a batch of glass rods.

Garage owner Edward claimed he had lost thousands of pounds of business because he had been isolated by a Dudley Council project to rebuild a bridge over the River Stour. Cradley Heath and Blackheath are mentioned.

Pat became the West Midlands’ highest ranking female police officer, serving with Halesowen and Stourbridge and with Walsall. Her daughter Sally, Birmingham, Lloyd House, David Baker, South Yorkshire Police Authority and Chief Superintendent Graham Moore

Pupils of the Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School on Love Lane, Stourbridge, built a play house for the children’s ward, after Verna Nicol won it in a raffle. The photograph shows Mandy Jones with John Taylor and Melvin Bourne.

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

Customers at the Weary Traveller pub, which was directly opposite the hospital, donated money to provide the children’s ward with new portable colour televisions and a computer. The photograph shows Christine and Fred Coleman (centre), with (from left) Ma

More than 600 people turned out for a four mile Boxing Day fun run, which started at Rocky’s wine bar in Tettenhall and was organised by Billy Wilson, who was also responsible for Wolverhampton Marathon.

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.