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Dudley retro: 15 iconic pictures that transport you back to 1978 in and around the Black Country town - how many can you recognise?

It was the beginning of the Winter of Discontent, the year in which the first IVF baby was born, and The Undertones released their debut album featuring the classic punk track "Teenage Kicks".

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By Tania Taylor
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Today, we take you back nearly half a century to 1978 with a nostalgic gallery taken from the archives of the Express & Star.

From the Market Place in Great Bridge, the Old Mill in Ruiton, to a hot and bothered tapir being cooled down by hosepipe at Dudley Zoo, these pictures will be sure to bring back memories.

There are many landmarks and scores of faces from the past, all of them published over the years in the Express & Star.

See who you recognise in these images:

Customers at the Old Mill in Ruiton, Gornal, found themselves scratching their heads in September 1978 when confronted by this eerie picture given to licensee Mrs Pat Green by a woman who claimed that a patch on the dress in the Gainsborough print changed from green to red and then brown. Mrs Green's husband John had a close look at the picture with Pat Quinn, centre, and John Guest.
Customers at the Old Mill in Ruiton, Gornal, found themselves scratching their heads in September 1978 when confronted by this eerie picture given to licensee Mrs Pat Green by a woman who claimed that a patch on the dress in the Gainsborough print changed from green to red and then brown. Mrs Green's husband John had a close look at the picture with Pat Quinn, centre, and John Guest.
Tipton Green Canal junction by the Beehive pub 1962, the Tipton Green locks branch was opened in 1805 but officially abandoned in 1960 and the Beehive closed in 1978.
Tipton Green Canal junction by the Beehive pub 1962, the Tipton Green locks branch was opened in 1805 but officially abandoned in 1960 and the Beehive closed in 1978.