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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57. Young canoeists set off for an outdoor adventure
Girls from Ounsdale Comprehensive School in Wombourne and Gnosall Comprehensive School near Stafford prepare for a week of canoeing and camping in June 1975. Equipped with paddles and lifejackets, they were heading to the River Trent at Great Haywood for canoe tuition as part of a Staffordshire schools' outdoor education course at Shugborough. Do you remember taking part in school camping or outdoor adventure trips like this? | Express & Star archive
58. Cribbage gets serious at a Wednesfield pub
A game of cribbage is taken very seriously at the Pyle Cock pub in Wednesfield in February 1975. The players are deep in concentration as the popular pub game gets under way, offering a glimpse of a traditional pastime from more than 50 years ago. Do you remember playing cribbage at the pub, or other games that were popular in local pubs? | Express & Star archive
59. A trip to the pictures at West Bromwich's Kings Cinema
The frontage of Kings Cinema in West Bromwich advertises a trio of films – The Land That Time Forgot, Doc Savage and Fist of Fury. Behind the scenes, projectionist Albert Timmis would have been responsible for bringing the films to the big screen. Do you remember visiting Kings Cinema, or any of these films? | Picture courtesy of Louise Adey
60. A Saturday sermon in Wolverhampton town centre
A Mormon preacher delivers his message from a rickety chair in Dudley Street, Wolverhampton, in February 1975. The young man was among a group of American missionaries who regularly gathered in the town centre on Saturday afternoons to speak to shoppers and passers-by. Do you remember seeing preachers like this in Dudley Street? | Express & Star archive