Memories of Lye in The 1950s
I too remember the Clifton Cinema and the temp. cinema, also the Salvation Army. There was 'Thornley' who sold veggies from his horse and cart, also 'Kitson' who sold bread from his horse drawn van with his brother, 'Wacaden' milk, the knife grinder who came round on his bike and coverted it into a grinder, gas lamps in the street, and where I lived at 19 Hayes Lane, gas and electric was in the house, Lye church when it had a steeple, the water tank opposite the Clifton from which my father Josh saved a small boy from drowning. Orchard Lane Infants School, also the Juniors and Valley Road Secondary Modern, where Jeramiah Harper was the headmaster.
Just a few of my memories, I've hundreds more...
Keith Shaw
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I lived at 48 Hayes Lane, my name was Knowles. We had a big family. Mom married twice, so another surname was Pearson. We moved to Waste Bank, later to be changed to Hill Bank. Kitsons was the shop used, Lye Park was where we spend our school holidays, we didn't have any money to do anything else. I went to Orchard Lane Juniors and Valley Road Secondary Modern. I left there in 1961 to married and moved to Kent.
Comment from BETTY BROWNLOW on Tuesday, 29th November 2011.