An outdoor morning service was held after the building was damaged by arsonists. Alan Walker and Ann Bolas are mentioned.

Chain cable for an Esso tanker being built at St Nazaire, France. Esso International Group, Japan, German, France, the Euro Group in Birmingham and the Queen Elizabeth II are mentioned.

Vandals had stolen the soldier’s bayonet. Reverend E. I. Carroll is quoted.

The cenotaph appeared to be leaning in the photograph but Borough Surveyor Mr S. G. Wood felt it was an optical illusion and not due to subsidence.

An entire ambulance crew were applying for a new job with Wolverhampton Council as dog wardens, as the pay was not much less than their current wage without any of the danger or unsocial hours. The Express & Star is mentioned and Peter Lloyd is quoted. Th

Seisdon Ladies Circle organised a series of fundraising events, including a joint sponsored slim with Seisdon Round Table, a market stall, fashion show and coffee morning, in order to purchase new play equipment. The photograph shows Tracy Gill of Neve Av

Families with young children and tenants with heart and asthmatic conditions had been left stranded in their block of flats as the lifts were constantly breaking down. Councillor Ken Purchase, Hilary Clark, and Helen Lawrence are mentioned. The photograph

The Prince of Wales congratulated volunteer canal workers from a Willenhall school and from the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Society, based in Wolverhampton, for the part they had played in a scheme to give disabled childrem canal holidays. The

Edwin Thompson presented 21 licensed trade catering diplomas. The photograph shows him with (left to right) Penny Morley of the Fairfield in Halesowen; Carol Worwood of the Sun Inn, Romsley; Sonia Sandall of the Ashley, Blackheath; Brenda Hall of The Crow

The headteacher of St Benedict Biscop Church of England School, John Fellows, told Susan Barrett that she should keep Richard home from school until the boiler was repaired, after he suffered an asthma attack and spent 48 hours in Wordsley Hospital near S