The road won South Staffordshire District Council’s contest for the best decorated street. Lingfield Close in Great Wyrley is mentioned. The photograph shows Councillor Brian Roberts presenting a mounted plaque to David Caddick, with Dorothy Williams of M

Wartime ration books and the Radio Times for coronation week were on display at a silver jubilee exhibition. The photograph shows Alice Richards with a picture of her grandfather, alongside Frederick G. Cooper, Pat Steventon and Reverend John Barrett.

Family heirlooms, scrapbooks, and even a Victorian gas cooker were on display as part of a jubilee exhibition at the church. Edna Potts, Stourbridge, Doris Williams, Reverend John Barrett are mentioned. The photograph shows Andy Hughes and Jutta Letzing f

Cubs and scouts across Wolverhampton did some gardening to mark the Queen’s silver jubilee, including the 4th Wednesfield Cubs planting rose and lilac bushes in the gardens of Helmsley Drive old people’s flats. Mike Hotchkiss is mentioned. The photograph

Children from Priorslee County Primary School were invited to an open evening in a bid to forge closer links with the local community. Sally Grant is quoted. The photograph shows Verenay Cole (left) and Nigel Smedley with children (from left) Lizzi Goldin

Latvians laid a wreath during a service to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the deportation of thousands of their countrymen during the Second World War. The photograph shows Robert Broks (right) and Vilis Tiltabrencis (left), with Latvian priest Juris

Local pensioners were invited to watch the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales on television in the school music room. The photograph shows pupils Donna Bracher (right), Param Nahal (left) and Parminder Goraya serving tea to the pensioners.

A party of naval ratings who had completed naval firefighting training were drafted in as a “flying reserve”, equipped with Green Goddesses fire engines, to assist in emergency firefighting during the strike. Lieutenants Peter Addison and Douglas Blake ar

The Battery held their tenth annual dinner. The photograph shows Brigader Nigel Strickland of the 23rd Artillery Brigade splashing the Salter Trophy with wine, alongside Major General Peter Downwood of GOC West Midlands Distrct (holding the trophy), Colon

Urgent restoration work was required to replace most of the old timber framing of the building, which was being used as a priest’s house by the Roman Catholic church of St Thomas of Canterbury. Geoffrey Marsh from Wednesfield, the West Midlands County Cou