Traders claimed that the ban on on-stret car parking was killing their businesses. Major Spencer of The Major Fish Restaurant and Catherine Court are quoted.

Mayor Ray Swatman officially launched the week-long event. George Hyde is quoted. The photograph shows Melissa Dudley with magician Michael Malan.

Angry residents confronted a Wolverhampton Council housing inspector over the disruption they suffered while central heating was being installed in their homes. The photograph shows Ann Nightingale taking to George Sharp.

Politician turned novelist Jeffery Archer visited the club to deliver a speech in advance of the local elections. Nigel Lawson is mentioned. The photograph shows Jeffrey Archer receiving a cup of tea from (from left) Jean Shaw, Mary Barber, Sylvia Green

Residents were protesting against the Council’s plan to change the name of the street, as it was split in half by the Birmingham New Road. The photograph shows (left to right) Maxine Suchy, Frank Whitfield, Margaret Whitfield, Alan Clarke, Josephine Clark

A salvaged rolling mill donated to Wolverhampton Council by Woodstone Rolling Mills had been turned into a memorial to the industrial heritage of Bilston, sited between the Co-op and teh Fire Station Roundabout. Richard Criddle and Bilston Art Gallery are

The photograph shows a completed landscaping scheme.

The properties were due to be improved. The premises of Knight & Brown florists and Factory Price can be seen.

Residents claimed their street and a nearby park had been used to dump rubbish after the tenants’ association hired a skip to help dispose of garden rubbish. Wolverhampton Council is mentioned, and the photograph shows Robert and Shirley Bowdley with a pe

The authority planned to construct a temporary fence to screen an unkempt privately-owned site from view.