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Retro: 17 pictures capturing Bewdley, Kidderminster and Stourport through the years

Step back in time with this charming selection of photographs from the Express & Star archive.

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By Tania Taylor
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This collection revisits an Arab cash injection that saved more than a thousand jobs in the local carpet-making industry, a builder’s shock when he thought “this is it” after uncovering a grenade at work, and a stark warning about the dangers of using gas and paraffin heaters in multi-storey flats.

Enjoy delving into these moments from the past, and let us know your favourites in the comments at the end.

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'Three block of multi-storey flats are to be strengthened, to guard against collapse in the remote chance of an explosion. The 133 tenants received a letter from Wyre Forest Council today explaining. It stresses there is no danger as long as gas and paraffin heaters are not taken into the all-electric flats.' Pictured are Hurcott Road tenants, Mrs Doll Broad (left), and her sister Mrs Ruth Nuell on December 9, 1976.
'Three block of multi-storey flats are to be strengthened, to guard against collapse in the remote chance of an explosion. The 133 tenants received a letter from Wyre Forest Council today explaining. It stresses there is no danger as long as gas and paraffin heaters are not taken into the all-electric flats.' Pictured are Hurcott Road tenants, Mrs Doll Broad (left), and her sister Mrs Ruth Nuell on December 9, 1976.
The church youth group at St Anne's Church in Bewdley, were planning to perform a musical based on St Peter's Gospel. The photograph shows Ben Calverley, Clare Fauset, Lucy Williams, Louise Rhodes, Anne Huckle, Jo Streetfield, Robin Stout, Jennie Royston and Matt in November 1993.
The church youth group at St Anne's Church in Bewdley, were planning to perform a musical based on St Peter's Gospel. The photograph shows Ben Calverley, Clare Fauset, Lucy Williams, Louise Rhodes, Anne Huckle, Jo Streetfield, Robin Stout, Jennie Royston and Matt in November 1993.
Student nurses from Kidderminster General Hospital were selling raffle tickets in aid of the Friends. The photograph shows (from left) Sarah Penny, Sharon Cresswell, Alison Mannion, and Vernie Francis-Flores with Albert Jackson from Far Forest near Bewdley in October 1978.
Student nurses from Kidderminster General Hospital were selling raffle tickets in aid of the Friends. The photograph shows (from left) Sarah Penny, Sharon Cresswell, Alison Mannion, and Vernie Francis-Flores with Albert Jackson from Far Forest near Bewdley in October 1978.