14 amazing pictures of Dudley and surrounding areas in 1975 - are you in any of them?
It was the year of Bri-Nylon and Brian Clough. While Britain led the world in lurid synthetic fabrics and gaudy loon pants, the former Derby County manager - still smarting from his disastrous 44 days at Leeds United - was hoping to rebuild his career at Second Division Nottingham Forest.
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It was also the year that 68-year-old steeplejack Les Dunn - who didn't look the type of gentleman who would favour Bri-Nylon clothing - was pictured by the Express & Star carrying out the nerve-wracking task of repairing the damaged masonry at Top Church in Dudley High Street, perched on a ladder 175ft above the ground.
The Bay City Rollers had the were at the peak of their popularity, although Rod Stewart's Sailing, Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody and Roger Whittaker's The Last Farewell made it a very diverse year in the pop charts. Britain voted to remain in the European Economic Community with 67 per cent of the population voting in favour, after Prime Minister Harold Wilson called a referendum.
West Midland writer Denis Hills was sentenced to death in Uganda for describing dictator Idi Amin as a 'village tyrant' but was later released following the intervention of the Queen.
Here we look at 14 pictures taken in Dudley and the surrounding areas half a century ago, capturing the way life in the town - and the fashions - have changed over the past 50 years.
