An outdoor morning service was held after the building was damaged by arsonists. Alan Walker and Ann Bolas are mentioned.

Chain cable for an Esso tanker being built at St Nazaire, France. Esso International Group, Japan, German, France, the Euro Group in Birmingham and the Queen Elizabeth II are mentioned.

Vandals had stolen the soldier’s bayonet. Reverend E. I. Carroll is quoted.

The cenotaph appeared to be leaning in the photograph but Borough Surveyor Mr S. G. Wood felt it was an optical illusion and not due to subsidence.

The 210 (Staffs) Light Air Defence Battery, Royal Artillery (Volunteers) were due to be awarded freedom of entry of Wolverhampton, parading through St Peter’s Square and Wulfruna Street to Exchange Street. Albert Jones of Wynn Road, Penn, Mayor Arthur Sto

An entire ambulance crew were applying for a new job with Wolverhampton Council as dog wardens, as the pay was not much less than their current wage without any of the danger or unsocial hours. The Express & Star is mentioned and Peter Lloyd is quoted. Th

The battery won the Manorbier Cup against competition from units all over the country, firing Blowpipe missiles at targets over Otterburn training area in Northumberland. The photograph shows (from left) Gunner Ian Kenyon, Lance Brigadier Ian Brownhill, G

Seisdon Ladies Circle organised a series of fundraising events, including a joint sponsored slim with Seisdon Round Table, a market stall, fashion show and coffee morning, in order to purchase new play equipment. The photograph shows Tracy Gill of Neve Av

Families with young children and tenants with heart and asthmatic conditions had been left stranded in their block of flats as the lifts were constantly breaking down. Councillor Ken Purchase, Hilary Clark, and Helen Lawrence are mentioned. The photograph

The Prince of Wales congratulated volunteer canal workers from a Willenhall school and from the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Society, based in Wolverhampton, for the part they had played in a scheme to give disabled childrem canal holidays. The