Les and his wife Pam had come forward with a cup and saucer bearing a picture of Stourbridge Town Hall in 1887 after a story in the Express & Star about its centenary. David Hickman of Stourbridge is quoted.

Jobs were saved by a management buy-out, after the firm went into receivership. Walsall Enterprise Agency and Walsall Council are mentioned. The photograph shows (from left) Peter O’Brien, Councillor MiIke Bird and Peter Godson.

Paramedics Dennis Wood (of Malvern Avenue, New Farm Estate, Stourbridge), Bill Fullwood (of Cradley Health), Bill Howles (of Tipton), Harry Mantle (of Tipton), Jim Moran (of Wordsley) and Tom Paskin (of Tipton) all received medals for safe driving. The ph

Artist Chuck Overs (from Park Road, Walsall) painted a giant mural on the estate, of the various special heroes (such as Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and Charlie Chaplin) identified by children living there, with the help of Sue House and Harry Henderson

Overall winners of the West Midlands award (judged in Wednesbury) were a team from Hall Green Technical College, Birmingham, with their ski walking aid for handicapped children. Christine Potter and Andy Horsfall (left) are pictured together with another

Jane and Karen worked together as cost clerks at Tube Produicts, Oldbury, and were getting married on the same day, in churches with the same name. Woodfield Avenue in Oldbury, St Michael’s Church in Langley, St Johns Road in Oldbury, California Road in T

Katharine attended an exhibition at the Moat House Hotel, West Bromwich, which was also attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of Sandwell, Councillor and Mrs Ron Davis, to get some ideas for her wedding plans. Silverlands Avenue in Oldbury and Tower Rise in

A group of Walsall schoolchildren, nominated by their schools as being considered particularly safe riders, were presented with the latest cycling helmets, paid for by the club, after passing their cycling proficiency tests. Reg Mahon is quoted. The photo

College lecturers in the hairdressing and beauty department at Walsall College of Technology went on a sponsored slim to collect money to help Thomas, who had cerebral palsy, to receive treatment at the Peto Institute in Hungary. Ann-Marie Worrallo and Ba

Following the closure of Dunstall Road police station, Staveley House in Great Hampton Street, Wolverhampton was the second community police base to be opened for beat officers, in this case looking after the Whitmore Reans area. The photograph shows Coun