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New owner for practice which dates back to 1919

The Black Country Living Museum has recreated a 1960s high street, complete with former shops.

Of recreating something like this. you've got that nostalgia that's within living memory. people still remember these buildings very fondly. indeed. so much has gone. stanton�*s is now a betting shop. brierley hill's 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, i started... i came here in 1959, aged 29. and you retired aged... 85. wolverhampton street was a...

Here in the middle, who ran it for 56 years, is rather pleased her little shop will live on in a museum. well, i started... i came here in 1959, aged 29. and you retired aged... 85. wolverhampton street was an extremely busy area, where the trolley bus used to come along from wolverhampton into dudley. and there was lots of shops. i'm sorry i'm the last one, but i knew these small shops, no, they wouldn't. .. we couldn't carry on. and now? there is nothing. and while these are all shops from dudley and its neighbours, this is also a story of hundreds of similar places. the chit chat and charm ...

A man in his 40s is in a serious condition after sustaining head injuries during a collision with a car in Bilston.