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15 springtime images from years gone by across the Black Country and Staffordshire

Spring is in the air, bringing longer days in the garden and a return to outdoor pursuits.

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By Tania Taylor
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This archive gallery looks back on memorable scenes and moments captured across the county over the years.

From spring cleaning to gardening, we hope this collection brings a spring to your step.

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'Things are blossoming for Ivy, she was runner up in the Midlands Area heat of the British Heart Foundation's Nurse of the year competition' - Ivy is pictured in April 1978.
'Things are blossoming for Ivy, she was runner up in the Midlands Area heat of the British Heart Foundation's Nurse of the year competition' - Ivy, from Merry Hill, Wolverhampton, is pictured in April 1978.
A host of daffodils on the King Street traffic island near Bird Cage Walk, Dudley, brought some pleasant relief to the busy traffic zone in April 1973.
A host of daffodils on the King Street traffic island near Bird Cage Walk, Dudley, brought some pleasant relief to the busy traffic zone in April 1973.
Martin Ashcroft used a huge toothbrush to clean Walsall's Sister Dora Statue, in March 1990, as part of a fundraising exercise for the town's cardiac rehabilitation unit in Hollyhedge Lane.
Martin Ashcroft used a huge toothbrush to clean Walsall's Sister Dora Statue, in March 1990, as part of a fundraising exercise for the town's cardiac rehabilitation unit in Hollyhedge Lane.