The footpath to the court was closed off and access from Anchor Road and High Street was no longer available, after an original proposed path was never built. Peter Tench and Brian Keegan are quoted, and Portland Road, Aldridge-Brownhills Urban Council, R

Two paramedics, Clive Pearson (right) and Alfred Price, had revived a patient who had lost consciousness after receiving an electric shock from a television set. A later article details how Pearson accidentally picked up a distress call from an American p

The Mayoral banquet was to be the last by the existing Council, as Walsall was due to join with Aldridge-Brownhills into a new district council. The photograph os Dorothy, the Mayor of Walsall Alderman Dorothy Purcell, Sir Cliff Tibbitts, Pixie Kirby, Tow

The Walsall Physically Handicapped Association organised an annual party for disabled children, including some from Aldridge and Brownhills, which this year had clashed with the FA Cup Final. Geoff Walker, the ABC Minors Club, and television personalities

The chairman of the Committee, Harold Hunter, believed that trainee nurses were not putting in enough time outside their normal studies, and made a plea for them to work harder during an annual award presentation at the Sister Dora School of Nursing in Wa

The battalion won the major units contest in the 48th division (T.A.) annual weapons meeting for the thir.d year in succession, with the 7th Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers being runners-up. The 147thth Infantry Workshops and Tamworth are mentioned. The pho

The photograph shows the first team (back row, left to right) Tom Martin (physiotherapist), Colin Harrison, Nick Atthey, Alan Deakin, Bob Wesson, Stan Jones, John Woodward, Colin Taylor, John Harris (assistant trainer); (centre) Jimmy MacEwan (trainer), F

The Walsall Reserves came straight from the West Midlands League and became champions of the second division of the Football Combination after a keen battle with Birmingham, and were therefore due to play next season in a division on a par with the Centra

Alan Barker, Colin Holmes and David Guest from Smethwick are mentioned. The photograph shows (back row, left to right): Tom Pugh, Kevin Holmes, Graham Dickin, Paul Frost, David Matthews, Albert Harris, Harry Davenhill; (middle): Paul Kempson, Graham Drew,

The Mayor’s Civic charity ball at the Town Hall was the last major social event in the old Walsall County Borough before it became part of the new District. Aldridge, Brownhills, Mayor Alderman Dorothy Purcell, the Cancer Research Campaign, the Cardiac Ca