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Take a trip back to 1970 across the Black Country and Staffordshire in 21 nostalgic images

Journey back to 1970 across the region with this diverse gallery.

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By Tania Taylor
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From a popular country escape for Midlanders to stylish open-plan office spaces and valuables recovered from an old war memorial, these archive treasures are sure to spark nostalgia.

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Frederick Law and Sons, maltsters, Wombourne: 'Malting is a seven-day a week job for Will Chambers - and so is stoking up the furnaces that heat the kilns' - November 1970.
Frederick Law and Sons, maltsters, Wombourne: 'Malting is a seven-day a week job for Will Chambers - and so is stoking up the furnaces that heat the kilns' - November 1970.
August 25, 1970: 'A television crew films a Tiger Moth landing at Halfpenny Green in preparation for Monday's air race.'
August 25, 1970: 'A television crew films a Tiger Moth landing at Halfpenny Green in preparation for Monday's air race.'
Edwin Preston, bell-makers, Jenner Street, Wolverhampton, June 1970: 'A mountain of hand bells ready for drilling by 16-year-old Malcolm Shaw of Bilston.'
Edwin Preston, bell-makers, Jenner Street, Wolverhampton, June 1970: 'A mountain of hand bells ready for drilling by 16-year-old Malcolm Shaw of Bilston.'
May 7, 1970: 'Not many people turned up at the Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, to see the new illuminated results board for the local elections at last night's count.'
May 7, 1970: 'Not many people turned up at the Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, to see the new illuminated results board for the local elections at last night's count.'
Walsall's four-year-old Fletcher triplets celebrate their birthday in August 1970.
Walsall's four-year-old Fletcher triplets celebrate their birthday in August 1970.
A group of supporters at a meeting where Enoch Powell started his campaign in Smethwick, June 3, 1970.
A group of supporters at a meeting where Enoch Powell started his campaign in Smethwick, June 3, 1970.