Burgin S News Today

good morning. iam good morning. i am out of the very front and to get this prized position you had to be here two days ago, at a 7am on saturday morning. it wont be long before this lot are inside. that is wherejohn and carol r. yes, good morning. the big news on day one of these wimbledon championships is the withdrawal of nick kyrgios. the beaten finalist last year and the amount�*s singles is out because of a wrist injury after what has been an injury ravaged season. and will it s...

controversial end to the second ashes series. welcome back to verify life. a watchdog has found that uk drivers paid more for fuel at supermarkets last year because of a lack of competition between retailers. the competition and markets authority says drivers paid an average of an extra six pence a litre for fuel, with diesel 13 pence a litre more expensive. the government is now promising a change in the law to increase competition. simon williams, the rac�*s fuel spokesperson, gave...

So, what were trying to do with this project is is recreating the high street from the �*40s to the �*60s. so burgin�*s newsagents was the real heart of the community. it was famous. it wasnt a place you just came to buy a newspaper, was it? absolutely not. it was the place for all the gossip. it also makes you feel quite... its quite a sad feeling as well, isnt there, about whats happened? yeah, i suppose theres a melancholy there that, you know, the high street as it was doesnt exist in ...

Of recreating something like this. youve got that nostalgia thats within living memory. people still remember these buildings very fondly. indeed. so much has gone. stanton�*s is now a betting shop. brierley hills marsh & baxter is a nail bar. the next door bank is standing empty. and burgin�*s, on wolverhampton street in dudley, closed for good seven years ago. but cynthia burgin, here in the middle, who ran it for 56 years, is rather pleased her little shop will live on in a museum. well, ...

Lined your local high street. now, as more businesses disappear, thats no longer commonplace. but a museum in the west midlands has recreated an authentic row of shops, from the 19a05 to �*60s, to give people a chance to step down memory lane, as david sillito reports. # its a lovely day today. # so whatever youve got to do, # youve got a lovely day...# welcome to dudley, and a reminder of what so many of our high streets used to be like. # whatever youve got to do.# so weve got black pudding....