The article details the memories of Reg Barker, who recalled his father receiving a letter from pioneering aviator Claude Grahame-White in 1910. Roy Coates and Louis Paulhan are mentioned.

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.

Ambulance cadets held a seance as part of a series of events to raise money for an educational trip to FLorida to learn about the American system of emergency care. The photograph shows Maresa Ford of Lowe Lane, Kidderminster, and Jonathan Brotherton from

The photograph shows Ray Egan (right) and John Wardle with supreme champion bullock Costhorpe I Granite.

The farm, which had been set up by Tracy Ballard to cater for pre-school children, was officially opened. The photograph shows Lucy Williams from the Greay Witley Play Group meeting one of the animals.

For the first time in several years, the gallery had a direct entrance to the street. Kidderminster’s School of Science and Art and Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee are mentioned.

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

Green boilersuits were being phased in as the new uniform for ambulance crews, to enable them to carry out their duties in more comfort. Vince Smith is quoted.

Nine paramedics received long service medals. Cliff Orme is quoted, and Stanley Voss from Kidderminster, Lionel Baird, Richard Perrins, Bertram Saunders, Gerald Walker, Arthur Smith, and John Hoskins, all stationed at either Tenbury Wells or Redditch and

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