Seven steelworkers were made redundant and set up their own company, thanks to help from the Black Country Co-operative Development Company and the Manpower Services Commission. The photograph shows from left Keith Hill, Len Longmore, Pat Holden, Stan Hom

A team from the steel company LB Structures in Spring Road, Ettingshall raised money in the Bridgnorth raft race to build an adventure playground for the special school. Alan Stoll is quoted. The photograph shows Manjit Purewal and Lyndsey Mason receiving

A cyclist was travelling behind a lorry as it approached traffic lights and narrowly escaped when a steel girder fell off onto the road. Nixon’s haulage contractors of Oldbury are mentioned. The photograph shows Christine Jay of Jay’s Cafe with police off

Children playing in the street narrowly escaped being crushed by steel which fell from a lorry because they had gone inside for their lunch. The photograph shows Janet Hawthorn checking the damage to her fence.

Visitors were invited to join in a two-day pavement art session, using ideas from the town’s famous Garman Ryan Collection, including work by artists ranging from Rembrandt to Picasso. Theo Garman and Sit Jacob Epstein are mentioned. The photograph shows

Former Round Oak steel workers from Brierley Hill were retraining on an EEC-sponsored woodwork course, including building a mini bungalow in the workshops. Jim Goode is quoted and City and Guilds is mentioned. The photograph shows Colin Fellows and Joe

A member of Stourbridge Climbing Club, Chris was walking on Steel Fell, near Grasmere in the Lake District, when he slipped on ice and broke his right ankle, and his companion, Ian Davenport of Spies Lane had to alert the mountain rescue service. Russells

A galvanised steel sculpture depicting a glassblower was unveiled to mark the completion of road improvement, on the site of the former Glassmakers Arms at the Collis Street Junction. The Crystal Mile, Anblecote Urban District Council, Dudley Council, the

British Steel’s Cookley Works at Brockmoor had raised money towards refurbishment of the church. The Julian Melchett Trust and Church Commissioners are mentioned. The photograph shows Reverend Fred Trethewey receiving a cheque from Bob Harris, along with

A new stainless steel cross was installed on the church wall, following fundraising by parishioners. Nellie Bruce is quoted, and the St John’s Women’s Choir, Elizabeth Carriere, Frank Hackett, Reverend Arthur Hulse and Reverend Tim Fox are mentioned.