Residents were visiting the old Lyne Purl well near Sandwell District General Hospital for water, in order to beat a hose-pipe ban. Alderman J. J. Grant and Stan Hogg are mentioned. The photograph shows John Howes and his wife Edna collecting water.

Sim Whitehouse, Sergeant Norman Lockley and PC Graham Smith ran the Birmingham Marathon, raising money towards a minibus for stroke sufferers. Waterloos Street is mentioned. The photograph shows Sim (left) presenting Sam Paskin with his sponsorship money

A fundraising campaign involving the school’s parent-teacher association and others raised money for a new school minibus. The photograph shows John Wallet of Wednesbury Motors handing the keys to Alan Perrings.

The image is of a blank cheque for J. B. Carrington, National Girobank, Bootle, Merseyside.

After being made redundant as a machine operator, Diana decided to have a go on a building site digging trenches at Malinslee in Telford. MacNamara is mentioned.

The photograph shows Gavin Lees (left) and Janet Roberts with a computer used in the production of cheque books.

A tailor’s dummy of Father Christmas, which had been rescued from a rubbish bag at Hiltons shoe shop in the Sandwell Centre in West Bromwich, had become the centrpiece of a stagecoach display in the hospital reception. The photograph shows (from left) Sha

Harry Williams discovered the tin, which was sent to this country by the Americans during the Second World War.

A large U-beam section using a fully hydraulic asymmetric section bending machine.

The article includes a brief history of the company and mentions the National Coal Board. The photograph shows the rolling of a 40mm thick high yield plate.