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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53. A New Invention eyesore causes concern
Brothers Adrian and Sean Spencer play beside a stagnant pool filled with rubbish on wasteland behind their home on the Coppice Farm estate in New Invention in May 1975. Residents described the council-owned land as an eyesore and health risk, claiming rubbish and waste were regularly dumped there. The site was also earmarked for road widening. Do you remember this area of New Invention, or the problems caused by the wasteland? | Express & Star archive
54. A historic mill pond comes back to life
Mr and Mrs Chris Hobbs inspect the mill pond at Brook End in Longdon, near Lichfield, in April 1975, after breathing new life into the historic site. The stream had not been used to power the old mill since the 1930s and the pond had become badly overgrown and silted up. Their efforts saw water return to the pond, restoring a much-loved piece of the village's past. Do you remember Longdon's old mill pond, or seeing it before it was restored? | Express & Star archive
55. Keeping St Luke's brass shining
Iris Weatherer and Mary Towers get to work polishing the church brass as members of St Luke's Women's Fellowship in Cannock in February 1975. Their careful work helped keep the church looking its best, with the gleaming brass a familiar feature of many places of worship. Do you remember helping to polish the brass at your local church? | Express & Star archive
56. Wolverhampton family glued to the TV for Miss World
Walter and Dolly Jones watch the Miss World contest on television at their Bushbury home in November 1975, hoping to catch a glimpse of their niece Lillian Lara, Miss Gibraltar. Lillian, 23, did not make it past the first round, but the family still had plenty of reason to watch as she took part in the much-anticipated contest. Pictured with Walter and Dolly is their daughter, Mrs Marie Davies. Do you remember gathering around the television for big events like this? | Express & Star archive