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Timeline of Dudley’s History with information on historic buildings and geological features of the High Street. Dudley has a rich history by being know as a busy market town and being a capital for manufacturing. The timeline emphasises the rapid change of the traditional industries in Dudley and how it has effected the High Street.

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The top edge on the Duncan Edwards Memorial statue in the market square. What you're looking at is fossilised sea life of a good million + years ago.

Photo Aesthetic Archaeology Beauty Change Craft Creatures Exposed Hiding Layer Life Material Nature Old Past Pattern Surprise Texture Tiny Things

Things we wish we could tell you

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Motif / sign above G.P. Footwear not seen before

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friendly surveillance of spiders in the top right corner of the lab - be nice!

Drawing Text Chilled Evening Creatures Friendliness Hiding Interacting Kindness Nature Stories

Here's some stuff in a locked yard (that just happened to be open) down Wolverhampton Street. There are what look like two chapels in there.

Photo Access Architecture Boundaries Broken Care Chance Craft Curiosity Decay Exposed Hiding Material Old Opportunity Overlooked Ownership Past Shelter Unfamiliar Weathered

Abundance of flowers welcoming everyone a "great night"!

Drawing Text Chilled Evening Abundance Friendliness Hiding Invitations Nature Plantlife

This graffiti image is on the wall at ACCN- Dudley African Caribbean Network, I would like to know how and when this was created. One Love is a reference to a Bob Marley song and is written in the image.

Photo Sunny Boundaries Creativity Culture Emotion Expression Happiness Hiding Identity Life Memory People Play Stories Words

[What do you notice if you imagine you are a worm / a bird / somebody else?] weed under bench, rusting lamppost, vehicles, business

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It’s difficult to see green from plants although then noticed the weeds in the pavement and buildings

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After investigating the history, heritage, culture and institutions of Dudley and its High street, I made a kaleidoscope gift based around the themes ‘overlooked’, ‘resilience’ and ‘layered’. Although sight is the most immediate sense in which many people engage with their surroundings, it’s not until you look beneath the surface and start to see things from a new perspective that you fully appreciate what is there and the potential beyond. I wanted people to engage with my gift, have fun and evoke a sense of nostalgia, whilst also using it as a way to look forward to what the High Street could be, all the while embodying the CoLab Dudley principle of allowing this object to be a co-op piece. The gift relates to the people and allows for each user to interpret and express their own thoughts.

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(*imagining*) two Christmas spirited robins joining in with the festivities of the street, singing along with your Christmas joys.

Drawing Text Chilled Evening Creatures Emotion Friendliness Future Happiness Hiding Imagination Interacting Joy Light Potential Sounds Stories