An all-women’s football match was held to raise money for a portable electric wheelchair, refereed by David Allman, the only man on the pitch. Geoff Bains is quoted.

The women’s team usually played against men, and had brought in men to assist as goalkeeper and sweepers, but were looking for female defenders. The photograph shows Noreen Lloyd, Jackie Folks, Jane Hill, Irene Entwistle, Sue Baggott, Gillian Spilsbury, P

Robert interrupted his solo world tour to fly back from America to pay his last respects after the death of his friend, Edward Frost (nicknamed Frostie). The Mardi Gras Society, Stourbridge Crematorium, South Road in Stourbridge, Mary Stevens Park, Cherry

Regular customers of the Fountain Inn at Habberley donated four sacks of toys to the children’s ward, as part of fundraising events in aid of Cancer Research to coincide with National Pub Week. The photograph shows Police Constable Nigel Farrell handing o

After a report to Worcestershire Executive Council relating to doctors’ parking problems near their surgeries or outside patients’ homes, there was a call to encourage drivers to be considerate when parking. Dr F. E. Hobbs is quoted, and Mr V. T. Williams

During a three week conservation project in Mauritius as part of her Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award, Claire woke up one morning covered in 184 mosquito bites. The Alice Ottley School in Worcester, Prince Philip and St James’s Palace in London are mentioned.

Lion cub Joe was abandoned at birth by his mother, but a deputy warden at the Safari Park, Ian Dan-Netscher brought him home to Newport in Shorpshire and looked after him, as he had done previously for lioness Rosie and tigress Melody who featured on the

Members of the Territorial Army helped an RAF detachment and workers from the local council to free nearly 30,000 Welsh people from the Ogmore Valley in mid-Glamorgan after roads were blocked by 12 foot snow drifts. The photograph shows (from left) Bill P

Members of the Territorial Army helped an RAF detachment and workers from the local council to free nearly 30,000 Welsh people from the Ogmore Valley in mid-Glamorgan after roads were blocked by 12 foot snow drifts. Walsall, West Bromwich, Cannock, Stourb

The unit was presented with a cup at Wolseley House in Fallings Park, which acknowledged they were the most efficient light air defence unit in the country. Lieutenant-Colonel R. N. L. Gower, Major-General P. B. Gillett, G.O.C. 48 Division (T.A.), 473 Hea