Reverend Mark Rogers of St Augustine’s Church in Holly Hall led a silent vigil against the burning of low-level radioactive waste in Dudley.

The memorial was saved by Roy Chater when the Brades Factory of Oldbury was demolished in 1969, and displayed in the clubhouse of the Bumblehole Boating Centre in Netherton. The memorial listed 300 names, 25 of whom did not return from the war. Hartlebur

Members of Lye Tuesday Darts League dressed up as Santa Claus, Worzel Gummidge, Donald Duck and Pooh Bear, as well as raising money for equipment and toys. Graham Heathcote of Valley Road, Lye is quoted, and his son, Richard, is mentioned, along with Alan

The twin sisters were both due to be receiving their Gold Duke of Edinburgh awards from Prince Philip at St James’s Palace in London. Barn Owl Place, Spennells, the Forest Glades Leisure Centre, Bristol, Kidderminster Police, and Devon are mentioned. The

Pupils from the school’s special needs unit, the Wolverhampton Spastics Association and Westcroft Special School in Wolverhampton were due to attend Buckingham Palace to deliver a special wedding present for Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, organised by

A new season of summer shows and concerts was kicking off with the Midlands Bodybuilding Championships at Brierley Hill Civic Hall, with other shows such as a dance at dawn by Sedgley Morris Men on the Beacon on the programme. Jim Dean is quoted. The phot

Celebrities including stars of Black Country Night Out Ray Hingley, Harry Harrison, Jon Raven and Brian Clift were asked to pick their favourite and most hated paintings from an unknown art gallery’s collection, to be mounted into a “People’s Choice” exhi

Residents decided to hold their street party ten days early because of clashes with an industrial holiday but struggled to find an indoor, rainy day option from Wyre Forest Council, despite writing to Prince Charles, until Brintons carpet factory came to

The first ever fete organised by Hawbush Guides and Brownies and the Brierley Hill branch of the Red Cross had to be hurriedly shifted inside from playing fields due to a downpour of rain, meaning that there was not space for all of the stallholders and t

The property held a royal wedding eve festival, resulting in traffic clogging up the roads along the Birmingham Road as far as Hayley Green in Halesowen. Lady Cobham is quoted, and Lord Cobham, Adams Hill in Clent, the Severn Valley Railway, Hyde Park, th