The team had recently faced S.S. Mary and John. The photograph shows (front, left to right): I. Paul (mascot), M. Owen, R. Jones, R. Ward, J. Hodgkiss, M. Drew; (back) D. Ballins, C. Underwood, J. Williams, M. Guest, B. New, B. Jones, S. Gittins, B. Hughe

The photograph shows (back, left to right): Charles Wootton, Anthony Rollason, Keenan Clark, John Green, David Grimstead, Hans Faulker; (middle) John Bowen, Graham Plank, Vic Robinson, David Owen, Brian Jones; (front) Anthony Coxsell, John Pearson.

Souts from the Wolverhampton West District spent the night at the headquarters and learnt pioneering skills over the weekend, organisation by Roddy Pendrill. The photograph shows Mark Hammersley (left) and Douglas Prior practising a scaffold hitch.

Debbie Robinson of Claypit Lane was hoping to join the boy’s football team when she moved to George Salter High School in West Bromwich. Derby County is mentioned.

The station held an open day, including firefighting displays and a rescue from a blazing tower. The photograph shows James Giles trying on a Victorian helmet (son of Geoff, a fire officer at Brierley Hill).

Sitting alongside the gothic architecture of the original building, a new and modern residential block had recently been built. Mr L. N. A. Davies and Mrs D. W. Davies are mentioned.

Two fire officers became trapped after two neighbouring factories were gutted by fires, and they were rescued and taken to Corbett Hospital in the nick of time. Mick Wood of Stourbridge Station is quoted. The photograph shows Ken Dwoak of Kingswinford (le

The National Coal Board was investing heavily into three collieries – Lea Hall at Rugeley, Littleton in Cannock and Hem Heath near Stoke-on-Trent – where strike-defying miners were regularly going to work. Ian MacGregor is mentioned. The photograph shows

A TUC bid to disrupt operations at the pit failed as only 500 people turned up. The Coal Board is mentioned, and the photograph shows a driver turned round in the face of the rally.

Nicola Taylor from Kidderminster was selected as a platoon pin-up girl (“Miss 3 Platoon”), to be photographed and used in army publications. The photograph shows Nicola with Lance Corporal Bob Bateman (left) and Private Graham Jones.