The Don and Roy Richardson consortium planned to turn the tyre plant into a business, industry and shopping complex near Spaghetti Junction.

Tarmac was facing a large bill to clear contamination and drainage problems on the redundant site. The photograph shows Labour Councillor and ex-steelworker Bert Turner looking over site.

The proposed dismantling of a crane by Tarmac, the new owners of the site,was condemned by the Labour Party, including Spring Vale Labour Councillor Alan Garner.

The firm planned to market Christmas cards shaped like Christmas trees made out of recycled paper. The GAIA Foundation is mentioned, and the photograph shows John Thorpe.

The PA Golden Leaf Award for Responsible Environmental Management in the West Midlands was presented to Charles Novotny at Tarmac’s Hilton headquarters, near Wolverhampton, for its plans to generate electricity from a West Midlands waste disposal site at

The photograph shows a steel skeleton of a building being erected at an unknown location.

Laying the main span to carry the southbound M6, crossing the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey.

The photograph shows a steel skeleton of a building being erected at an unknown location.

The photograph shows a steel skeleton of a building being erected at an unknown location.

The photograph shows a steel skeleton of a building being erected at an unknown location.