Take a trip back more than 50 years to the Black Country and Staffordshire of 1975, when everyday life looked very different to today.
From workplaces and schoolchildren, pub games, local landmarks and memorable characters, these archive pictures capture the people and places that filled the region's streets. There are familiar names, vanished buildings, community stories and plenty of moments that may bring back memories.
Whether you remember these days first-hand or are simply curious to see what the Black Country and Staffordshire looked like in 1975, take a look through the gallery and see how many of the people, places and scenes you recognise.
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41. Learning the ropes on the trampoline
Caroline Broome, from Our Lady of Mercy Convent Grammar School, Wolverhampton, receives instructions on the trampoline from instructor Miss Moira Chadwick at Compton in August 1975. The photograph captures a time when trampolining was a popular activity for young people, with lessons helping pupils build confidence and master new skills. Did you ever have a go at trampolining at school or a local sports centre, and do you remember learning your first moves? | Express & Star archive
42. The team behind an international haulage firm
The management team at Jim Tracey and Sons, international hauliers, is pictured outside the company's Northgate headquarters in Aldridge on November 3, 1975. From left are Jim Tracey, Dennis Peacock, Richard Kitson, Robert Tracey and Guy Foster. The photograph offers a glimpse of a local business whose lorries travelled far beyond the area. Do you remember Jim Tracey and Sons, or seeing their vehicles on the roads? | Express & Star archive
43. Window cleaners face a new route in West Bromwich
Window cleaners look for an alternative shortcut in West Bromwich in February 1975 after planners warned pedestrians against using the unfinished All Saints link road as a footpath. The route had become a popular shortcut before the road opened, but officials feared pedestrians could step into the path of vehicles. Do you remember using shortcuts like this around West Bromwich? | Express & Star archive
44. A busy day on Dudley Street
Dudley Street was bustling with shoppers in 1975 as people went about their everyday business. The photograph captures the fashions, shopfronts and general hustle and bustle of the street more than 50 years ago. How many familiar faces, shops or details can you spot, and do you remember shopping along Dudley Street? | Express & Star archive