Several images of Dudley and the surrounding area, taken from old postcards.


A view of the Market Place from the 1930s.


An earlier view of the Market Place, from the early 1900s.


Looking into Hall Street from the Market Place in the early 1900s. The Churchill Shopping Centre now occupies the site.


Looking into New Street from the Market Place in the 1920s. On the right is the Hen and Chickens Pub, which was rebuilt and extended between 1932 and 1934 and closed in December 1982. The building is now occupied by Ladbrokes.

Looking into Tower Street from New Street in the 1930s, with The Court House pub on the right. The shops on the left were demolished in readiness for the building of the police station, which opened  in 1941.


A view of the Market Place from the early 1900s.


Looking towards the top end of High Street in the early 1900s.
A view of the Market Place in 1923 when crowds gathered for the visit of the Prince of Wales, during his tour of the Midlands.


A view of St. James's Road in about 1900 before the library and Town Hall etc. were built. The building on the right houses the offices of the Board of Guardians of the Poor, built in 1888. The spire on the corner of the building has since been removed.

Another view of St. James's Road from around 1900, looking towards the offices of the Board of Guardians of the Poor.


Ednam Road in 1928 before the building of The Broadway.
A group of children outside a house in Guests Fold in 1930.

The fold ran from Birmingham Street towards Porter's Field.

The site is now part of Dudley Bus Station.

 

Number one court in Birmingham Street in 1930. On the right was Excelsior Works, where fire irons were made. The site is now part of Dudley Bus Station.

A view from the junction of Highland Road and Dibdale Road, looking towards Sedgley in 1928. The mast in the distance stood close to Shavers End Reservoir.

Dudley Road, Brierley Hill in the 1930s with the Miners Arms pub on the left, which was later rebuilt and closed in 1997. It is now a pizza shop. In the distance is The Blue Brick pub.


Looking down High Street, Brierley Hill from the junction with Moor Street, to the left, in the 1920s.

Another view of High Street, Brierley Hill with the Golden Eagle pub on the left. It was a tram terminus with a waiting room. In the photograph, the tram tracks and the overhead wires had gone, so the people standing there were possibly waiting for the next bus. The pub closed in about 1956.

Another view of High Street, Brierley Hill from about 1930. On the left is Moor Street and on the right is Cottage Street.

Halesowen Road, Netherton, in about 1910 with the Castle Hotel on the corner of St John's Street, on the left. The Castle Hotel closed in 1949 and a pub called The Mash Tun was built on the site. The Mash Tun closed and was demolished in 1999. A block of apartments now stands on the site.

Looking across Wordsley High Street towards Holy Trinity Church in the late 1920s. On the right is Brierley Hill Road.
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