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Retro: 24 pictures of community fundraising across Staffordshire and the Black Country in the '70s, '80s and '90s - see how many you remember

Whether a charity football match, a local car wash, or even a “floating ambulance” making its way along the road, our readers have always gone the extra mile for charity.

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By Tania Taylor
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Here we take a look back at some of those moments captured in the Express & Star archives. 

Women from the Dudley and West Bromwich branches of Marks & Spencer stores played each other at football to raise money for charity. Joyce Edwards and Liz Pearson are mentioned. April 29, 1971
Women from the Dudley and West Bromwich branches of Marks & Spencer stores played each other at football to raise money for charity. Joyce Edwards and Liz Pearson are mentioned. April 29, 1971
Girls from Wednesfield High School took on a team of teachers in a charity football match. July 5, 1972
Girls from Wednesfield High School took on a team of teachers in a charity football match. July 5, 1972
New Cross Hospital Ladies v GKN Sankey Men - the two teams play a charity football match and although the men won 6-0, the hospital was still on the winning side, as a 'goodly sum was raised', said the caption. August 10, 1975
New Cross Hospital Ladies v GKN Sankey Men - the two teams play a charity football match and although the men won 6-0, the hospital was still on the winning side, as a 'goodly sum was raised', said the caption. August 10, 1975
A team of nursery nursing students at Bilston College of Further Education, played a match against members of staff for a children's charity. The photograph shows Iris Langford heading the ball. June 28, 1978
A team of nursery nursing students at Bilston College of Further Education, played a match against members of staff for a children's charity. The photograph shows Iris Langford heading the ball. June 28, 1978
Mayfield Residents Welfare Association Charity Football Match at East Park. A charity football match was arranged between husbands and wives on Boxing Day in aid of the blind, with the trophy being presented to both captains by Mr D. Conyerd. December 26, 1978
Mayfield Residents Welfare Association Charity Football Match at East Park. A charity football match was arranged between husbands and wives on Boxing Day in aid of the blind, with the trophy being presented to both captains by Mr D. Conyerd. December 26, 1978
Jack Downing, chairman of the RNLI's Stourbridge branch, pictured with Longlands School pupils who marked Mr Downing's fundraising achievements in Stourbridge with an exhibition. Pictured with Mr Downing were teacher Mrs Margaret Horton and pupils Gavin Harper, Darren Adams, Richard Westwood and Malcolm Riley. December 2, 1980
Jack Downing, chairman of the RNLI's Stourbridge branch, pictured with Longlands School pupils who marked Mr Downing's fundraising achievements in Stourbridge with an exhibition. Pictured with Mr Downing were teacher Mrs Margaret Horton and pupils Gavin Harper, Darren Adams, Richard Westwood and Malcolm Riley. December 2, 1980
A floating ambulance, designed to take part in charity raft races, was pushed from Kidderminster to Worcester by ambulance and hospital staff to raise money for St Thomas's Heart Hospital in London.
A floating ambulance, designed to take part in a charity raft race on the River Severn, before it was pushed from Kidderminster to Worcester by ambulance and hospital staff to raise money for St Thomas's Heart Hospital in London in 1981