Striking miners from Lea Hall and Littleton Colliery faced each other in a friendly cricket match, in front of the power station.

Striking miners staged a sit-in at the pit gatehouse after taking over the building. The photograph shows Jim Colgan (centre) of the NUM leaving the gatehouse.

Rear of Prince Albert statue, seen through branches covered in ice crystals.

Hereford-Worcester County Council was due to ban lorries weighing over three tons from the village, after complaints of noise, congestion and damage to buildings.

Pupils in first year at Blakenhall Heath Junior School in Leamore visited the headquaters to promote road safety. Harry Davenhill is quoted. The photograph shows Zena Luke on PC Barley’s motorcycle.

Jacqueline who worked at W & T Avery Ltd of Warley was in the final of the Mary George Memorial Prize, which recognised women in engineering. The Grange School, her dad Bill, the Engineering Industry Training Board and London are mentioned. The photograph

Children from a Hednesford holiday play scheme visited Whittington Barracks. The photograph shows Lance Corporal Barrett show a Second World War German machine gun to Paul Berrow.

The team won the league tropy. The photograph shows (back, left to right) W. Southall, M. Guy; (third row) P. Western, K. Sivins, R. Dickens, P. Nicholls; (second row) J. Langford, T. Satterthwaite; (front) D. Page, B. Picknell, K. Walker, A. Finch.

The photograph shows (back, left to right) J. Morgan, B. Picknell, R. Causer, R. Dickens, D. Slater, N. Price; (front) S. Groves, D. Williams, A. Whitehouse, A. Rudge, A. Newell.

The team was photographed covered in mud after thri defeat of St. Peter’s. The photograph shows (back, left to right) P. Whitehouse, M. Roberts, J. Hale, T. Jones, D. Fellows, B. Walker; (front) A. Newell, R. Ward, R. Brazier, N. Price, T. Goody.