Paul, who was a pupil at Leasowes High School, had taken up playing the organ after a bad injury doing the high jump prevented him from doing further sports. The Tibbington Arms in Tipton, Halesowen British Legion, the Ex-Servicemen’s Club in Blackheath,

Seven members of the male voice choir Gentleman Songsters had formed a traditional barber shop group for a charity event at the Crescent Theatre in Birmingham, and they enjoyed it so much they became a permanent offshoot of the group. Brierley HIll Civic

Teams of fire officers spent 16 hours baling out water to save a 70 foot narrowboat from capsizing, after it was holed by a huge metal spike while Mary and her husband John were travelling on a Dudley canal from a festival on Merseyside to London. Tipton

The hospital radio station Radio Wulfrun was due to broadcast non-stop for 48 hours to boost resources and enable the station to be broadcast in the Eye Infirmary in Compton Road. The Royal Hospital is mentioned. The photograph shows Tessa in action with

Singer and piano accordionist John had hit upon the idea of having a travelling band, and friends Bob Lord from Stourbridge and Ian Stevens from Rubery in Birmingham agreed to drive groups of folk musicians to charity events in their vintage cars. A 1922

The band led a civic parade including Dora Corbett, Patrick Cormack MP, Councillor Alan Kennard, Councillor Dennis Housden of South Staffs District Council, Councillor John Stanford, Tony Yates of Codsall and members of the WI and British Legion to St Mar

Viscount Cobham was due to light a beacon on Adams Hill in Clent as part of a network of beacons starting with one lit by Prince Charles in Hyde Park, London. “Its a Knockout”, Wyre Forest, Sandwell, Dudley, Bromsgrove, and the Malvern Festival Opera Grou

An elderly woman was knocked down and injured by a bicyle as she crossed Prospect Hill, and fire officers on a vintage open-air fire engine during the station’s open day leapt off to give the woman firest aid. The photograph shows David Rudd (left) of Les

Wolverhampton’s annual open weekend at West Park was going to feature the Fourth Division and Sherpa Van trophies won by the Wolves that season, along with a military re-enactment of Napoleonic times staged by the Light Infantry Display Team, and entertai

The Prince Albert statue was due to be moved back to its original site, and Wolverhampton’s deputy Mayor, Councillor Ted Lane, was placing items in the foundations for posterity, including a set of decimal coins, photographs, a copy of the Express & Star