The street party was held early to make sure all the children could attend, as some were due to be on holiday when the royal wedding took place in St Paul’s Cathedral. The photograph includes builder Allan Martin (right) who was in a wheelchair with a bro

Mr F. Rose and Mr D. Wood received an Oakleaf bar to their ten-year safe driving medals from the Chairman of Worcester City and County Ambulance Services, and Stourbridge’s Mayor-Elect, Councillor J. Broughton (fourth from the right). The photograph also

A group of Wolverhampton artists (Adrian Clamp, Dave Gunning, Tony Homer, Gill Lorente, Geoff Pope and Chris Ward) had opened a new gallery above the glass and china shop to exhibit examples of their work. Lynne Hubbard is mentioned, and the photograph sh

The battery won the Manorbier Cup against competition from units all over the country, firing Blowpipe missiles at targets over Otterburn training area in Northumberland. The photograph shows (from left) Gunner Ian Kenyon, Lance Brigadier Ian Brownhill, G

Albert received the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire’s certificate for outstanding service and devotion to duty, presented by Brigadier J. R. Rigby of the 23rd Artillery Brigade, after his wife, Dorothy, won a similar award a year earlier for her work wit

Fire officers of Fallings Park Fire Station organised a fete to raise money for the Fire Services Benevolent Fund and the Wolverhampton Society for the Mentally Handicapped, with special guests Wolves player George Berry, Queen’s Park Rangers player Bob H

Fire officers, working in shifts, were pushing a 50 foot wheeled fire escape from Fallings Park Fire Station, through Tettenhall, Dudley, Sandwell, Birmingham, Aldridge and Walsall, to raise money for the Wolverhampton branch of the Society for Mentally H

Local people, led by former England women’s cricket captain Rachel Heyhoe-Flint, were calling on Tory MP Nick Budgen to back their fight against Tarmac’s plans to build an office block on lane between Danescourt Road and Coppice Lane. Wolverhampton Counci

After consulting solicitors and being unable to trace the owners of a derelict site, the association lodged a possessionary title with the Land Registration Office in Gloucester, and went, armed with spades and scythes, to start clearing the site. Wolverh

Seven nurses reached the Midland final of the contest, where television personality Leslie Crowther was acting as a patient. The photograph shows in front with Leslie (from left) Kathy Dolan from Coventry, Pauline Pearsall from Stafford General Infirmary,