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Priory Street, DUDLEY, DY1 1HA

The square in front of Dudley Museum.

The top half reads: "The refurbished Stone Street Square was opened on 24th April 2004 by the Worshipful the Mayor of Dudley Councillor Rosemary Tomkinson". The lower half of the plaque lists the associated organisations that gave support and assistance.

This small square, at the junction of Priory Street (foreground) and Stone Street (extreme left), was once a large turning circle for Wolverhampton Corporation trolleybuses on route 8B (later 58). Arriving from Wolverhampton along Priory Street, they turned right into Stone Street (past the public weighbridge on the corner), then right into the turning circle, turning left back onto Priory Street to return home. This was Wolverhampton's last trolleybus route; motorbuses continued to terminate here from when they took over in 1967 until the route (by then numbered 558) was extended to the new Dudley bus station in 1986.

Across the road is the town hall, seen in part; on the left is the museum. A plaque behind the camera records the refurbishment of the square Image

The view in Dudley of the market stall in Stone Street Square.

The view of the Dudley Wheel in Stone Square, Dudley.

The view of the DY Eye Wheel in Stone Square, Dudley.

View across the Old Market Square from Tower Street.

The view of the new restaurant in Stone Street Square in Dudley.

Taken from Priory Street, this photo shows the former terminus in Stone Street for the trolleybus route 58 which ran from Wolverhampton to Dudley via Sedgley until its final day of operation on Sunday 5th March 1967. The current route 1 now runs to the bus station in Dudley, then goes along Priory Street after which it follows the ex trolleybus route to Wolverhampton. The same route then goes on to Tettenhall Wood via the former trolleybus route 1 which ran from Wolverhampton to Tettenhall until that closed on Sunday 30th June 1963. It is to be hoped that electric buses may sometime in the future make a comeback on the present route 1, but without the overhead wiring. The heavy-duty bus shelters have since been taken out and replaced by The Old Glass House Restaurant, their being a glasshouse in this market place until 1886. It was demolished and replaced by fish and vegetable markets. The old Fire Station can be seen to the right of the photo.