Punks, mods and the Merry Hill monorail – fascinating pictures looking back at the history of Dudley
Mods waiting at the bus station, punks standing outside the newsagents.
A group of lads hanging around the back of a barber shop, the Merry Hill monorail doing its work.
As Dudley undergoes more change, with the loss of the Hippodrome, a new bus station and the development of land around the Marches Institute of Technology, it is all the more important to remember the history of this proud Black Country town.
Dudley People’s Archive has a lottery-funded scheme to look at the lives of young people in a town which has seen more change than most in recent years.
Images include a group of young men in mod clothing waiting at the car park next to the old bus station in Fisher Street, a group of punks posing for a picture outside Martin’s newsagent in High Street, young people partying at the legendary JB’s nightclub, and some young men standing outside the well-known Jack Wall’s barber shop at Five Ways, Tipton.
