The photograph shows Noddy Holder and Dave Hill on stage, with a crowd of fans below.

Richard and his friend, Paul Greenway flew from Australia for a Slade concert at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, with help from Paul’s great-aunt Edna Batham of Ashenhurst Road, Russells Hall Estate in Dudley.

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