The Barry Ellis Memorial Fund, set up in memory of a teenager who died of leukaemia, presented a special bed to the hospital. The photograph shows Robert Porter in the bed with (left to right) Derek and Kathleen Stewart, Sylvia Porter and others.

Harry and Sylvia Wright of Showell Road, Bushbury, had collected small change in a gallon bottle, which they donated to the children’s ward. The photograph shows the couple with Sister Pat Hodges. the McMillan hospice for cancer sufferers at Compton is me

Families with young children and tenants with heart and asthmatic conditions had been left stranded in their block of flats as the lifts were constantly breaking down. Councillor Ken Purchase, Hilary Clark, Helen Lawrence, Sarah Williams, Mabel Baker, Shi

Anvils were removed from the works, to be preserved at Avoncroft Museum in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. The photograph shows Michael Thomas and Tom Gadd with the anvils.

Elizabeth, of Hall Street, Old Hill, had been making chains from the age of 13. The photograph shows her making chains for cow tieing.

The wedding of a former president of the Oldbury Hell’s Angels chapter including guests wearing Nazi stormtrooper helmets and leather jackets with Swastika badges. Malcolm Perry (“Phez”) of Brookfields Road in Langley, Dudley Road East in Oldburyand the R

Mr and Mrs R. G. Fellows had just moved in to a house which they had planned and built almost entirely themselves, in the former garden of Mr Fellows’s father. The photograph shows the kitchen interior, complete with home-made units.

Alan Parkes of Wollaston bought two small semi-detached cottages from the Upper Stour Valley Main Sewerage Board to convert them into one big home. The photograph shows the living room, with an external door and large fireplace.

Identical twins Luke and Benjamin were desperate to be page boys at somebody’s wedding, so their mother, Julie Rich (of Manor Close, Penn, Wolverhampton) was offering their service to any couples getting married in the future. Luke is on the left in the p

William was following in his grandfather (Harry)’s footsteps by singing with the church choir at Christmas. Joshua Bigwood, the First World War, Mesopotamia, the 13th Hussars and the Royal School of Church Music are mentioned.