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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61. Daredevil stuntman takes the plunge at school fete
Wolverhampton stuntman Johnny Carr crawls clear after diving from a speeding motorbike into bales of burning hay at Wightwick Hall School's fete in Compton in July 1975. He lost his crash helmet during the stunt and escaped with little more than singed hair. The school, at Tinacre Hill, catered for children with disabilities, and the fete also featured local entertainment. Do you remember the Wightwick Hall school fetes, or seeing Johnny Carr perform? | Express & Star archive
62. Polishing a piece of aviation history at Cosford
Chargehand cleaner Tom Cotterell gives a surviving TSR2 supersonic jet a polish at RAF Cosford in May 1975. The aircraft was destined for display at the RAF Aerospace Museum and, despite never taking to the skies, had been used for taxi trials. Do you remember seeing the TSR2 at Cosford, or visiting the museum in its early days? | Express & Star archive
63. A final look at the miners' cottages at Tackeroo
Mrs Florence Clare, 75, stands outside her former home at Tackeroo on Brindley Heath, Cannock Chase, in November 1975. The row of miners' cottages where she had lived for many years was due to be demolished, marking the end of a familiar chapter in the area's history. Even Mrs Clare was unsure where the name Tackeroo came from, with theories ranging from a local family name to an expression used by Australian and New Zealand soldiers who trained on Cannock Chase. Do you remember the cottages at Tackeroo, or know the story behind their name? | Express & Star archive