Bells toll and tears flow as news of the death of King George VI reaches Kidderminster.
Every type of activity is suspended for two minutes' silence in tribute to the late king.
Buses, cars and lorries - and even tractors in the fields - come to a standstill and their occupants stand in silent tribute.
But a man who fails to observe the silence at a carpet factory is suspended for a week after his colleagues complained.
The district marks the Queen's Coronation in style with street parties and a host of festivities.
Coronation Gardens open in Kidderminster after winning a race against time.
Bewdley hosts a torchlight procession through the streets.
Stourport enjoys a week of festivities and 250 children take part in Stourport County Secondary school's Elizabethan Fayre which includes a costumed pageant.
More than 10,000 people file into Kidderminster Town Hall to admire the decor and flower arrangements after the Queen took tea there in 1957.
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