Black Country Living Museum – Old Birmingham Road – Humphrey Bros. Paperhangings – Building Material
Black Country Living Museum – Old Birmingham Road – Humphrey Bros. Paperhangings – Building Material
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This is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
The museum was established in 1975, and the first buildings moved here in 1976. Since then a 26 acre site has been developed, with the unique conditions of living and working in the Black Country from the mid 19th century to early 20th century.
It is off Tipton Road in Dudley.
This is Old Birmingham Road at the Black Country Living Museum.
The current phase in the museum’s development is the creation of a 1930s high street, Old Birmingham Road stretching from St. James’s School to the Workers’ Institute.
In the middle is Humphrey Bros. Humphrey Brothers
This builders’ merchants can be traced back to 1921, when brothers Joseph and William first traded at no 12 Birmingham Street, Oldbury. By the early 1930s the business had grown to include no. 14 and eventually, by the late 1940s, the brothers were operating out of no. 16 as well.
The shop looks as it might have done in the late 1930s, when it was supplying a range of fireplaces, grates, W.C.s, sinks, paints, varnishes and wallpapers. Inside, visitors can find a showroom which gives a snapshot of typical thirties style.
Gateway in the middle with signs for Paperhangings, Grates, Curbs and All kinds of Building Material. Also Show Room.
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