A 1964 ambulance had won a “Best Kept Vehicle” award at an annual Safe Driving Awards presentation. The photograph shows Colin Sutton, Raymond Molineux and Gordon Alcott with the ambulance. Albert Bailey, Dick Wright, T. Brown, B. Freeman, T. Marsden, W.

The service raised money to buy an opnoea bed for young children, which was presented to Alderman Mrs Ruth Ilsley. The photograph shows (from left) Mr D. Rickhuss, Superintendant R. J. Bagnall, Dr A. K. Woodward, Mr C. T. Harrison and Mr G. Molineaux.

Fred Smith of Buckley Road in Penn, Geoff Rhodes and A. Saunders, from Wolverhampton, won a driving event competition and went on to represent the Midlands in a national competition in Harrogate.

The photograph shows Janice Egerton in the control room. Mentioned in the article are Alf Jones, Mick Hathersmith, Trevor New, Alan Lamb, and Allan Hall.

Parademics doing an eight-week course of special exercises at the training centre in Pelsall, were learning how to deal with victims of mainly farming and forestry accidents on rougher terrain. The photograph shows Steve Lansdell pretending to be a casual

The photograph shows Roger Poole (left) with Sid Platt of the National and Local Government Officers Association (NALGO) leading disputing ambulance workers through Birmingham City Centre for a rally at the Hippodrome.

Roger Poole and Sid Platt of the National and Local Government Officers Association (NALGO) were leading disputing ambulance workers through Birmingham City Centre for a rally at the Hippodrome. The photograph shows ambulance crews and nurses marching wit

The photograph shows ambulance crews, nurses and children, marching through Birmingham with banners to protest against the ambulance service pay dispute.

Regulars at the pub raised money for the West Midlands Ambulance Service through a variety of sponsored events, including a pool marathon, karaoke night and sponsored head shave. Bill Hankin is mentioned, and the photograph shows Jason Parsons of Borough

Paramedics had been issued with new hats to avoid getting confused for members of the police force. The photograph shows Ray Hardwick (left) and Bob Oakes from Halesowen modelling the new hats. Ian Van Creveld is mentioned in the accompanying article.