Warrant Officers and Sergeants served Christmas dinner to the soldiers.

Reverend Norman Torrington painting a scene to be made into Christmas cards.

Despite local outbreaks of fowl pest, butcher roger’s turkeys were safe, ready for Christmas dinner.

The emergency services continued to operate during the Christmas holiday. The photograph shows driver Nigel Sharman from Gnosall at the wheel of an ambulance, and Police Constable Bob Smallman from Cannock and Fireman Michael Battersby are mentioned.

The photograph shows Natalie Farouz cleaning chimney pots in her father’s sale or return yard to avoid Santa getting covered in soot when he brought her present.

As well as more established Christmas trees, the Forestry Commission was selling seedlings which people could plant and watch grow in their gardens. Santa’s Grotto is mentioned. The photograph shows Sarah Webb and Sean Flaherty from Brereton’s Nursery Fie

Sales staff at Grammer UK were raising money for a specially adapted quiet room for speech therapy sessions at the club headquarters. Bill Klotz is quoted. The photograph shows Mary Morris with the chque at the club’s Christmas Party in Withering Hall, St

Following appeals in the local newspapers, a van-load of Christmas presents was delivered for the children of ambulance workers who were working on half wages because of the pay dispute in Stafford, Stone, Rugeley and Uttoxeter. Catherine, Elaine and Davi