Rick Bowring had written a book about the village to raise money for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee fund. Wyrley Bonk, The Royal College of Art in London and Gwen Blackley are mentioned. The photograph shows Sheila Perks and Councillor Anne Plant with copies

Students from Cheslyn Hay High School were sawing off spikes on metal railings round the park in order to make it safer. The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and Cheslyn Hay Parish Council are mentioned. The photograph shows (from left) Lee Poole, Martin Ha

Members of the Cheslyn Hay and District Footpaths and Countryside Conservation Society and Operation South Cannock cleared overgrown footpaths.

The parish council was planning to fill in the remaining pool and turn the site into a recreational area, including a miniature golf course. Staffordshire County Council, the M54, M6 and Telford are mentioned.

A special May Day event was held, paid for using proceeds for the previous year’s village carnival. Christine Greaves and Cheslyn Hay Working Men’s Club are mentioned, and the photograph shows four girls eating candy floss.

The parish council were planning to preserve a redundant old water pump. Jack Lote is quoted and Peter Lawson is mentioned. The photograph shows Christine Dean of Aldridge with the pump.

The photograph shows Michael Cockayne dressed as an executioner with his daughter, Tracey, at a May Day event.

A new drop-in centre, called the Cedar Tree, was opened by volunteers from several local churches. The photograph shows (left to right) Heather Morris, Ros Blackmore, Paulette Bentham and John Hurley.

The photograph shows members of the Walsall Company of Archers at a May Day event.

The photograph shows Terry Greaves dressed as a jester at a May Day event.