Lye, High Street 1968
Photo ref:
L178004
Photo ref:
L178004
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Frequently known as 'the Lye', this small town has been described as 'the last place God ever made', apparently because so much of it was once waste ground! The first people to live here built their houses from mud (the area later became an important centre for brick production), so that Lye came to be known as the 'Mud City'.
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A Selection of Memories from Lye
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Lye
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Hello my name is Norma Cartwright, well it was when I was in my final year at Vally Road.
I remember my teachers, and I am who I am today because of this school and education.
I was a prefect,maybe Head Girl, I can't remember now.Keith Ray was Head Boy and we
were dating.someone help me out here,so long ago.
Home economics,this teacher had a little Terrier,Gym teacher? amazing,Mr and Mrs Tate
Arts, oh yes it's coming ...see more
Lye, I used to live with my grandmother, Mrs Dorothy Hall, at 37 Bromley Street, Lye. I remember there being 4 shops in the Street. 3 at the top of the street consisting of Rimmers, a veg shop ( don't know the name) and a fish and chip shop, the 4th shop was down the bottom end called Beatties and also a pub. I then moved to Hill Bank until the age of 16...happy memories.
My name was Betty Knowles, my family and I also lived in Hayes Lane at number 48, and my grandfarther lived next door, his name was Wilfred Poole. I remember the ash bank over the road where we use to put jacket potatoes in the ash at night where the fires used to glow at night. What a sight we must have been when we got home. My mother married twice so another name for us is Pearson - we were a BIG family, 8 ...see more
I wonder if anyone can help me? I'm looking for a girl I grew up with - Mary Brettel was her maiden name, she lived in Stourvale Road off Hayes Lane where I lived. Mary left there in about 1958 when she was 13 or 14 years old and moved to High Park Avenue in Norton. Her father Ben and his brother Stan and his son David owned a holloware factory in Lye, BRETTLE BROTHERS, opposite the Station pub. I last ...see more
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