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:
25. Wrottesley Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton: April 1981
Colin Salt and Keith Scott were helping clear an overgrown garden in Wrottesley Road, Tettenhall, and unearthed an old air raid shelter hidden under weeds, in April 1981. Colin, 12, who lived at the address, was hoping his dad would let them use it as a den. | Express & Star
26. Parents and teachers at St Bartholomew in Penn, Wolverhampton: June 1983
The parent teachers association at St Bartholomew's School, Penn, handed over a new minibus at the schoo's summer fair in June 1983. The photograph shows Olivia Evans and Damien Brown with other pupils polishing the bus. | Express & Star
27. Muhammad Ali gets welcomed in Wolverhampton: 1983
Ali got a hero's welcome at the Sheraton in Wolverhampton in 1983 | Local Library
28. Muhammad Ali with Pat Smith in Oxley: 1983
Legend in Black Country – Ali with Pat Smith in Oxley, Wolverhampton, in 1983 | Local Library