When you think of the 1980s, lots of key moments spring to mind.
Whether that be the Royal Wedding of 1981, which saw a young Princess Diana join the Royal family. Michael Jackson and Madonna dominating global music or the Falklands War which saw British troops deployed in a sovereignty dispute with Argentina.
Without a shadow of a doubt, the 1980s was a transformational time for those living in the Black Country. This was a decade marked by the collapse of heavy industry in our region.
Here is a fascinating glimpse of life in the Black Country in a whooping 80 pictures from our archives.
If you have any pictures from the 1980s - I’d love to personally see and perhaps include for a future round-up.
These photographs are in no particular order.
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Without further ado, let’s turn back the clock and reminisce on some simpler times:
61. Walsall College of Art: January 1987
Walsall College of Art, January 1987: Juliet Sanders and Robert Hudson at the college’s new typesetting computers, part of the move towards digital design. | Local Library
62. Middleway Middle School, Walsall: May 1989
Middleway Middle School pupils Hayley Duke (left), Donna Buckley and Amanda Frampton (right), all of Wolseley Road in Stafford, were growing their nails as part of a fundraising drive for Staffordshire Ambulance Service in May 1989. | Express & Star
63. Graphic design department at Walsall College of Art: January 1987
January 1987: 'The graphic design department at Walsall College of Art is gearing itself up to offer a new, higher level course to its students later this year. The department recently moved from its old building in Tony Street to a much more modern centre at the West Midlands College in Broadway.' The photograph shows (from left) Wendy Smith, Vanessa Love, Ian Allen and Mark Bunce. | Local Library
64. Workers laying down slabs to St Matthew's Church, Walsall: November 1983
Graham Harper and Aubysh Parsley laying down slabs on an old disused path to St Matthew's Church, Walsall. November 1983. | Local Library