Gas-fired heating units receiving their final checks before being send to the South African Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation. A. E. Griffiths (Smethwick) Limited is mentioned.

The firm developed a new multi-purpose framework system which they hoped would win them a Design Council award. British Steel is mentioned, and Derek Stuart, Vic Gower and Steve Bucknall are depicted.

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.

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

Major expansion programme, including regional sales offices. The photograph shows David Jewkes (right) with (from left), Graham Cartwright, Ron Jarvis, Bob Dyke, Mike Austin, John Millard, Dorothy Bateman and Andrew Kempton.

A show at Birmingham Library’s Exhibition Hall, set up by the Design Council and the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, which featured products as varied as vacuum cleaners, stainless steel, penicillin and tractors. The photograph shows Malik Gul with

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 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

Residents planned to take Dudley Council to the Ombudsman after Planning sent letters concerning a proposed new Netto superstore at the back of their gardens to homes in Redwood Road by mistake. Daisy Street, Maureen and Gil Lock, Jean and John Hill, Kath

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