Laying the main span to carry the southbound M6, crossing the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey.

Unsafe scaffolding on the side of the Tarmac Roadstone House building.

Unsafe scaffolding on the side of the Tarmac Roadstone House building.

Unsafe scaffolding on the side of the Tarmac Roadstone House building.

An aerial photograph taken from Tarmac House, including St Peter’s Church and Mander House.

An aerial photograph taken from Tarmac House, including Molineux Stadium.

The PA Golden Leaf Award for Responsible Environmental Management in the West Midlands was presented to Charles Novotny at Tarmac’s Hilton headquarters, near Wolverhampton, for its plans to generate electricity from a West Midlands waste disposal site at

Webbing bands being used to raise a casualty on to a stretcher. Tarmac had been dug up from Queen Square to make exercises more realistic.

The proposed dismantling of a crane by Tarmac, the new owners of the site,was condemned by the Labour Party, including Spring Vale Labour Councillor Alan Garner.

The Don and Roy Richardson consortium planned to turn the tyre plant into a business, industry and shopping complex near Spaghetti Junction.