The Walsall Physically Handicapped Association organised an annual party for disabled children, including some from Aldridge and Brownhills, which this year had clashed with the FA Cup Final. Geoff Walker, the ABC Minors Club, and television personalities

The Mayor’s Civic charity ball at the Town Hall was the last major social event in the old Walsall County Borough before it became part of the new District. Aldridge, Brownhills, Mayor Alderman Dorothy Purcell, the Cancer Research Campaign, the Cardiac Ca