A fire broke out in the building’s 15th century Tudor wing, destroying the roof and damaging part of the first floor. Leslie Appleby, Lord Stafford and Frank Avard from the Shropshire Fire Service are quoted and Dorothy Appleby and Aloisia Jones are menti

A crazed gunman sprayed bullets into an anti-Gaddafi demonstration, killing a young police woman, Yvonne Fletcher from Bow Street, and wounding others. The photograph appears to be of the images on the television, showing a man leaving the Libyan People’s

A new lift was installed in the Guildhall, home of Lichfield City Council, to improve disabled access in the building. The photograph shows Mayor Councillor Kathryn Duncan Brown in a wheelchair being wheeled into the new lift by Peter Young.

Their new building on LCP’s Stourbridge Trading Estate was specially constructed to enable three large containers to be stacked on top of one another. The photograph shows the interior, with a fork-lift truck.

The firm was expanding their galvanising services after acquiring sites operated by Walker Brothers from British Building and Engineering Appliances. Walkers Galvanizers, Pleck Road, Walsall, Netherton Galvanizers, Marriott Road, Dudley, and Birmingham ar

A company in Illinois was building a complete replica English Georgian-style village near Chicago, and had ordered working replicas of gas street lamps, telephone kiosks, lock gates, London taxis and Grenadier Guards uniforms. Tony Nubi is quoted.

Strict noise controls were in place on building the first phase of the University campus. RMJM London Ltd, the Higher Education Funding Council for England and Hanscomb are mentioned. The photograph shows (fom left) Nic Nicolaou, Des Bentley, Graeme Davie

The first stage of a planned expansion programme had been completed as the company took over new premises adjacent to the M6 motorway at Darlaston. The photograph shows the interior of the new service building.

Normid Housing Association was optimistic about opportunities for new developments in the Cannock Chase area. David Mtchell is quoted, and St John’s Road, Cannock, Tamworth and the national Coal Board are mentioned. The photograph shows an estate being bu

Dudley’s community development unit and the borough’s housing department ran a joint project to renovate community housing whilst teaching young poeple aged 14 – 21 a range of building skills. Councillor Mary Whitehouse is mentioned. The photograph shows