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Stantons Music Shop Dudley

Postby mjay » Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:20 pm

This week, Black Country Museum launched a public call for memories and objects relating to Stanton’s music shop, in Dudley pre-1960.

They're setting the shop in 1959, which means that it’s the old Stanton’s shop they’re replicating – not the modern building that replaced it. It was located on the corner of Castle Street and Fisher Street in Dudley town centre from 1895, when James Stanton opened his first retail shop. He had formerly run a “piano and harmonium warehouse” on Owen Street, Tipton.

The shop was based in a large Georgian building, which you can see in the above image. This building was demolished c.1960 for Dudley’s town centre redevelopment, and Stanton’s moved temporarily into a building at the corner of Castle Street and Hall Street. In 1961, they opened a new flagship store on the ground floor of ‘Stanton House’ – this building is now Gregg’s and Cash Converters.

If you, or anyone you know has any personal stories or objects relating to Stanton’s that you/they would like to share, please comment on this post or do message me or contact the museum and ask to be put in touch with the Collections team.

Thanks 8)
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Re: Stantons Music Shop Dudley

Postby rockyfowler » Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:32 pm

“You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there.” ― George Burns
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Re: Stantons Music Shop Dudley

Postby mjay » Wed Feb 07, 2018 7:40 pm

Thats the one Thank you 8)
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