Annie Greatorex started a tapestry for the Coronation which she abandoned when she ran out of embroidery silk, but she picked it back up again and was able to finish it in time for the Queen’s silver jubilee.

MP Peter Archer was due to ask Sandwell Council to inspect the estate, after complaints over nuisance from local factories, a lack of play areas and shops, and health hazards including fly tipping and rats. The photograph shows Peter Archer with (from lef

Closure of the mills. The British Steel Corporation and the First World War are mentioned. The photograph shows Joe Washington measuring the last steel, watched by George Murphy.

The purchase of a new factory unit was expected to increase production capacity. The photograph shows, from left, James Peel, Tom Pilkington, and Andrew Gawley.

Opening of new warehouse in addition to premises in Anne Road by Andrew Faulds MP. The photograph shows (from left) Tony Berwick, Lesley Truman, Keith Craig, and Bob Cox.

Janet Farley from Pine View in Rugeley won the competition, with Margaret Groom of the Royal Hospital in Wolverhampton came fourth. The Good Hope Hospital in Suttom Coldfield is mentioned. The photograph shows all finalists (from left) Vivienne Nation, Ma

Newly qualified nurses received State Registered Nurse Certificates, presented by Jacqueline Morgan. The photograph shows (from left) Carol Bowen of Hopkins Drivein West Bromwich, Lesley Bate of Bustlehome Mill Estate, Lynn Hobbs of Springhill Close in Al

The soldiers had recently returned from a fortnight’s intensive training in Holland and Germany. The photograph shows (from left) Gunner Robert Feder, Gunner Michael Cahill (both from Wolverhampton), Staff Sergeant Ivor Pascall (front) from Willenhall and

The school had chosen Debbie Langford of Eastfield Road as their jubilee princess because she celebrated her birthday on June 7. The photograph shows Debbie along with Carolish Cash of St Mark’s Road, Tracy James of North Road, Claire Wilkinson of St Mark

A pupil at Holly Lodge High School in Smethwick, Brenda was the only female entrant in a football contest, open to all Sandwell schools, which was due to take place before a charity football match between BBC sports commentators and a BRMB Radio team in a