An aerial view of the Dudley Enterprise zone with Pedmore Road running left to right and the old Round Oak steelworks at top centre.

The Second World War was officially commemorated on the war memorial. The photograph shows Mick Painter, with Eric Jones and William Bradley (left) of the Lye and Wollescote Royal British Legion.

Dudley’s Hospital and Home Tuition Service, who provided lessons for children in hospital and when they were recuperating at home, was praised by the Mayor, Councillor Bob Griffiths, as part of raising money for his Year of the Disabled appeal. The photog

An exhibition commemorating 20 years of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme showed some of the activities available, but failed to mention the number of young people who had married as a result of meeting through the scheme. Julie Perks, David Hanson, Alan

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,

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