Dudley Photos and History.

Dudley Photos and History. Discover Dudley Town and Dudley Borough History from your arm chair. Discover Dudley's History from your armchair. Ned Williams.

Welcome to the Group, We hope you enjoy the Photos and History of the Dudley Borough in the West Midlands, England. "Please; Do not Share/Copy any of the photos or content to other Local Groups or Blogs"

This Group is not a "photographic" group, in the sense of the word, but "Then and Now" snaps of Dudley's History. Please do not post general photos, unless they are old and can be matched with a

present day scene. If you have any information or history you could add to any of the photos please do so. Thank you to all the people who help with the Photo Group by letting us use their photos for the "Then and Now" project: Dudley Council, Phil Loach, John R Stenson and Ron Baker for the use of their sketches. Also thank you to all the researchers who have documented the history of the Dudley Borough over the decades, one being John Hemingway, great researcher and author. Any Pubs dates/info are sourced from two great pub historians; the late John Richards and Tony Hitchmough. Although the Group tries to credit people for photos they have taken, sometimes this is not possible, however,
if a photo is used for the "Then and Now Project" and we have not given credit, we apologise, please let us know and this will be rectified. By adding the "Group Name" to the photos, this does not in anyway imply or claim copyright, or ownership of some of the photos used. If anyone has any old photos which could be used for the "Then and Now project please get in touch. Full credit, Copyright of the photos will be given. Dudley's brief history below:
Dudley is a Market Town, named in the Domesday book, then spelt Dudelei, the town as been over looked since the 11th century by it's Castle in the Blackcountry, West Midlands. Six miles south-east of Wolverhampton and 10 miles north-west of Birmingham, England. It could be said that if it wasn't for two Dudley blokes; "Dud Dudley" and "Abraham Darby I" there would probably never have been the Industrial Revolution and the term The Blackcountry. From the 13th century into the 19th century Dudley made its wealth from it's geology, with the mining of it's fast mineral deposits; coal, limestone, ironstone and clay, with the industries that it created, the collieries, ironworks and brickworks that used the minerals. Dud Dudley, an illegitimate son of Edward Sutton the 5th Baron of Dudley who devised a method of smelting iron-ore using coke in the 17th century, though his trade was unsuccessful due to circumstances of the time. Abraham Darby re-invented the successful process in the 18th century, DarbyI was born near the Wrens Nest Hill close to Dudley Town. he was descended from Dud Dudley's sister, Jane, and was the first person to produce iron commercially using coke instead of charcoal at his works in Coalbrookdale Shropshire in 1709".

04/04/2025

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Priory Street at the junction with Stone Street Dudley c1980.
05/03/2024

Priory Street at the junction with Stone Street Dudley c1980.

Kates Hill - Then and Now.St John's Road at the junction with Terry Street. At the far right is the former Fir Tree Pub,...
04/03/2024

Kates Hill - Then and Now.
St John's Road at the junction with Terry Street. At the far right is the former Fir Tree Pub, this was demolished with flats built on the site.

Dudley Town - Then and Now. Groundworks being undertaken on the former "Highside" on the High Street, see link: https:/...
03/03/2024

Dudley Town - Then and Now.
Groundworks being undertaken on the former "Highside" on the High Street, see link: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=298510226219275&set=a.144693334934299
The building on the right at that time was occupied by Dartmouth Garage. Later occupied by Derann audio visual specialists. You may remember the Micky Mouse that was on the side of the building, see link: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=324796903590607&set=pcb.324796986923932
Today the ground floor is occupied by a Barber, with the upper floors converted for flats.

Nethertons first school, Church Road School at the corner of Halesowen Road and Church Road. First built in 1836, the he...
03/03/2024

Nethertons first school, Church Road School at the corner of Halesowen Road and Church Road. First built in 1836, the headmasters house is in the centre of the building. The school was demolished because of subsidence. A larger school was built in 1908. It closed in 1988.

St. James's Primary School, Salop Street, Dudley. Built in 1842. The school was designed by William Bourne, who had als...
29/02/2024

St. James's Primary School, Salop Street, Dudley. Built in 1842. The school was designed by William Bourne, who had also designed the nearby church St James's and St John's church at Kates Hill. It remained in use until the early 1940s, when the children were moved out until the end of WW2 so that American forces could use the building.
The school was then open again until July 1972, when it finally ceased to be a school in its own right. The building remained in use as a school for a further eight years as overflow for the reorganised Jesson's Middle School until a new school building opened on the Jesson's site in 1980. That was the end of the building as a school after 138 years. It was converted into a youth centre before falling short of modern health and safety standards and was thought to be structurally unsafe by the late 1980s. The school building was dismantled brick by brick and re-located to the Black Country Living Museum (bottom photo) where it was re-built in 1990. Source: Wiki.
Also showing Eve Hill High Rise Flats.

Eve Hill, Dudley. Showing the high rise flats of Millfield Court (demolished in 1999) Prince of Wales Court (demolished ...
28/02/2024

Eve Hill, Dudley. Showing the high rise flats of Millfield Court (demolished in 1999) Prince of Wales Court (demolished in 1999). Housing was built the site. Also Butterfield Court, still standing today. The photo was taken by Paul Barford in 1988, used here with kind permission. At the botttom of the photo is St James's Church. On the right of Salop Street was the Dudley Teachers Training College built on 8 acres of land bought in 1908 by Dudley Council from the Earl of Dudley for £8,000. The site of the new college faced King Edmund Street . There were sports fields (still there today) behind main building. The college was opened in 1909 by the President of the Board of Education, Walter Runciman. The college initially had two students hostels the North Hostel, which provided accommodation for 50 female students and was situated within the college grounds. In the 1930s the college offered a Certificate of Education after two years training, which was examined by the University of Birmingham and Midland Training Colleges Joint Board. By 1950 the college had become a constituent of the Institute of Education of Birmingham University. In 1965 the college was renamed Dudley College of Education, a period when it trained over 600 students a year, its heyday. In 1977 the college was taken over by Wolverhampton Polytechnic so Dudley Teachers Training College disappeared in name. In June 2002 the college buildings were sold and demolished to be replaced by housing.

Dudley - Then and Now.Henn's Jewellers shop c1904, Castle Street, Dudley. The shop on the right of the photo belong to W...
28/02/2024

Dudley - Then and Now.

Henn's Jewellers shop c1904, Castle Street, Dudley. The shop on the right of the photo belong to William Bramwell Henn (senior). His son William Henn(1886-1918)also worked at the shop, sadly he was killed in 1918 during WW1. Later the shop re-located to New Street, Dudley.

The jewellery and clock buisiness was established by Silas Henn(1822-1902) from Tipton. Silas opened his first Watchmaker's shop at Owen Street, Tipton c 1840 clock/watchmaker and jeweller. Methodist preacher and writer of religious texts. Silas had seven children, four girls and three boys. He handed over his business to his son John Wesley Henn (1848-1914 ) The family still have a shop in Wolverhampton: https://www.tahenn.com/ . Surprised not to see any mention of William Bramwell Henn on their web site.

The lad standing in front of the shop is said to be Alfred Williams who later went on to open his own shop in New Street. Alf Williams gents outfitters.
See this link for more family history and family tragedy: https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.php/henn-william-bramwell

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