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[edit] Notable people
Footballer Duncan Edwards was born in Dudley and is commemorated by a statue in the town.
[edit] In popular culture
- The front and inner photographs for the 1971 Led Zeppelin IV album were taken in the Eve Hill area of town; the main tower block, shown side on, is Butterfield Court, off Salop Street, and still stands today.[25] There were two other blocks in the Eve Hill area, all constructed during the 1960s, but they were both demolished in controlled explosions on 18 July 1999. Private housing, in a development known as Squire's Gate, was constructed on the site of the flats in 2002.[26]
Dudley is the largest town in England never to have had a league football club.[27] The town's key football teams, Dudley Town F.C and Dudley Sports F.C. have never progressed beyond the Southern League.
[edit] References
- , Love My Town: UK Towns with Populations over 100,000 (2001 Census)
- , Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council - Dudley Castle, accessed 4 March 2007
- , Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911, accessed 4 March 2007
- , Antique condoms' Dutch journey. BBC News Website > England > West Midlands (30 October 2003). Retrieved on 2006-12-27.
- , Priory Ruins. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (2007-09-10). Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
- , 1911 article about Dudley - From the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
- , History.uk.com: Thomas Newcomen's steam engine
- , A Brief History of Dudley - Under 'Dudley in the 20th century'
- , Earthquake hits UK - BBC News, 23 September, 2002 (Accessed March 4 2007)
- , Vision of Britain: Dudley CB
- , Vision of Britain - Dudley CB Boundary Changes
- , Vision of Britain: Dudley CB
- , Vision of Britain: Dudley MBC
- , Agency’s multi-million pound funding boost for Dudley - Advantage West Midlands, 10th January 2007 (Accessed March 4 2007)
- , Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council: Dudley Canals introduction
- , Dudley area attractions - himleyhousehotel.com
- , Dudley Market
- , Rail Around Birmingham: Dudley Station
- , Midland Metro expansion plans to be submitted to Government - Centro News Online, 22-Apr-06 (Accessed March 4, 2007)
- , Old Park School website
- , Sutton School website
- , NHS in England: Dudley PCT Organisation Summary
- , Specialist Info: Bushey Fields Hospital
- , Dudley News
- , Emporis: Butterfield Court entry
- , Keith Slater. Gallery four: Black Country. BBC Black Country Website - Photo Galleries. Retrieved on 2006-12-27.
- , The Guardian: Which is the smallest English town/city ever to have hosted a top-flight football team? And which is the largest never to have done so? (Accessed March 4, 2007)
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