This has made me cry...loved seeing the town as it was as a child...brought back many good memories. So sad it's in the state I find it in now...shame on DMBC for allowing it to decay

How much better was lye before immigration

Amazing Views From William Hart. Super LYE Hero

Amazing old England

Thank You, 2022 Oh My Goodness Keep safe All .

beautiful

Mngdrch1 ando ymah w babah

It's heart breaking to see what has become of the Lye

Beautiful. So sad though, like a lot of towns and villages in and around our beloved Black Country, to see how things have deteriorated over the years.

5.30 - The legendary 'Pitt' - greatest pub on Earth. Milkman's probably coming off the car park after a 7am session

Super video. Amazing how different things were even around 74 which is not THAT long ago.

Fantastic video, I moved down the Lye in the early seventies, around 1973 I think, they had just built Claycroft Place. I remember that the Anvil pub and also The Hundred House, both shown on here were empty and in the process of demolition. Where has the time gone. Lovely to see this though.

Fascinating pics and memories. No pics of the Old Vic in High Street, being opposite to Mister Dave’s, which was George Masons at that time. I spent many happy hours at the Vic, working there from 1960 until closure in 1964. Thanks for showing.

What did Lye high street was look like in 2000

I live at Lye west Midlands

my dad was off the priory estate dudley but he worked for lye trading delivering steel sheet from 1960 until he was made redundant 1985 i can remember how lye used to be when i would go out in his lorry as a lad back in the early 60s nice town these pictures brings back good memories

Love the picture of sheep herding through the cross.

Small, dirty shit, small dirty minds.

great video, Lye has since become such a crime riddled shit hole and yet it will cost the average working class local 6 times his salary for the pleasure to reside there. The place gets worse each year, imagine what it will be like in another 10 years time.

To be truthful lye looks a shithole then and is still a shithole today😎

Such a nice town so sad too see what has happened too it

Still love watching this, for me as a kid Bill Hart was a bit of a legend, I used to spend all my pocket money in his shop!

Before I even bothered to read the comments on this video I already knew what to expect. Vile racists.

Quite saddening.

Lye was a lovely place to walk and shop .....I went to the first Indian restaurant Mr Dave's in the lower high street....now I wouldn't walk down that street .... too dangerous

I love this historical piece of film.

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Nice to see a photo of the church without a Romanian family in sight sitting and lounging about on the wall without any intention of getting a job.

top photos unbelievable effort.

Thankyou so much for this video of 'old Lye 'I grew up in Lye in the 1950s and 1960s and to see old familiar and loved places made me cry. It saddens me to see how such a quaint friendly town has become what it is today. Billy Hart took a photograph of my brother and I when we were very small and it hangs proudly on Mum's wall. He also took my wedding photographs.Again thank-you for the lovely memories triggered by this video

Good to see the Clifton Cinema at night. I saw The King and I there. Ned Williams' book Cinemas of the Black Country is a good read here.

Beautiful photos. What a shame to see what it has become as of Dec 2016 =(

Superb photos, superb quality too.

This is just wonderful to see. Having lived in the midlands in the 70's and 80's - it's just brilliant to see old clips - LOVE IT - I travelled from Halesowen through to Stourbridge - often passing through Lye - it's amazing how it's changed. :-)

We muslims havent taken over, we here to help you run the country. you are welcome in and out of this town as you please ; )

how sad,,, now its just full of muslims and immigrants just goes to show what this country is coming to

This is an epic video,....I can still see some of the original buildings remaining. Great pics,...thanks.

Great to see Bills work. he sold me my first camera in 1963 and was always there when i needed help with cameras i always wondered how many Lye and Stourbridge folk have got wedding photos by Bill or his right hand man John Wood

Wish Lye Was Still Like This, Not A Indian In Sight, Corner Shop, Or Shop That Sell Saris. Lye has been taken over

Any pics of vicarage or valley road?

Beautiful. I am a brummy but I lived on vicarage road 58b from 04-10. Got a lot of happy mems of lye and its people:-)

Late :) thanks ;)

Sorry for the late reply to your post ;-) Yes it is really sad they demolished so many nice buildings. I don't think they would be allowed to do it these days!

Sorry for the late reply ;-) Yes Mr. Daves was run by an English person, in fact I'm pretty certain it was the first Balti in Lye! As far as I'm aware he is still in business but runs from a factory unit now & caters for to pubs etc.

Hi am I right in saying Mr Dave's was run by an English person, I remember it well.

Thank you very much for your comments Matthew. Yes you are right about Mr Dave's, that one did slip through. From what we can work out it is fairly early 80's though ;o)

Great shots Linton - especially love the colour ones. At risk of being a pedant its 1959-74 but Mr Dave's wasn't there till late 80's probably?

Ahh'..Fond memories'..I lived in Fletcher Street' from 1967-1978'..Went to Crabbe Street School'..Then on to Valley Raod' County Secondary School...I remember them demolishing these old streets and buildings'..inc Fannys' Lane' Connops Lane & Love Lane'..and the ole' Prim Chapel'..There used to a long street'Called Church Street' leading from Cross Walks to the High Street'...That went also...Like so many things...Thanks for posting..

Wonderful photos....thank you for uploading this video! Do you have any of recent years documented?

Thank you very much for your kind comments, they are really appreciated. I'm glad they bought back some memories. We will be adding more in the future, if you would like to subscribe to our channel, you will automatically be notified when ever we add something new ;o)