Part of Walsall Leather Museum exhibits at Walsall Library.

A new machine for polishing wafer-thin non-ferrous discs and clock faces.

The management team outside their headquaters: (from left) Jim Tracey, Dennis Peacock, Richard Kitson, Robert Tracey and Guy Foster.

Kathleen Humpheson donated a new crucifix to the church in memory of her husband Eric, made by John Bridgeman and Alan Cox. Coventry Cathedral and St Peter’s School are mentioned. The photograph shows the Reverend Guy Smith.

A petition was being presented to Aldridge-Brownhills Council by local residents, including members of the Ramblers’ Association, to prevent the footpath, which dated back to medieval times, from being diverted by the development of a golf course. Albert

The organisation raised money for two vital new machines to help the fight against leukaemia. Frank Weetman is quoted. Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham is mentioned. The photograph shows Dr John Stewart (right) receiving the cheque from John Browne

A short ceremony marked Walsall’s annual tribute to Sister Dora for her work in the cause of the sick and suffering. Nurse Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison, Hauxwell near Richmond in Yorkshire, Walsall Cottage Hospital (later Walsall General Hospital) and Miss A.

The town paid tribute to Sister Dora on the anniversary of her birth. The photograph shows Mayoress Joan Wright, Patricia Kernohan and William Telford placing flowers at the statue.

Police officers rescued a black Labrador-cross which had apparently been thrown into a canal with its legs tied together, and she was christened Lucky by workers at the Walsall PDSA dog pound in Mill Lane. Ian Booth is quoted, and the photograph shows the

The popularity of a St George’s Day festival service and procession gave hope amid concern that the church was to close. Prebendary I. Brynmor-Jones is quoted.