Photographic Views of Lye Stourbridge by William Robert Hart, taken between 1958 - 1974

A selection of photographic views created by William Robert Hart ABIPP. ARPS. AMPA. William sadly passed away on November 19th 2009.

The pictures date from the late 1950's to around 1974 & cover the Lye district of Stourbridge, before and after the re-development of the area.

An ever expanding selection of photographs from our archives can be found on our dedicated website. They are also available to purchase as prints & canvas wraps.

http://the-archive.co.uk/

Our main website for Portraits by Hart is: http://www.portrait4u.co.uk

You may also want to check out our new page where we will be going into the history of photography & giving hints & tips on restoring your own photographs.

http://www.oldphotos.co

Our Facebook page for The Archive of Hart Photography Ltd. https://www.facebook.com/The.Archive....

Our Facebook page for Portraits by Hart is: https://www.facebook.com/Portraits.By...

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[Matthew Davies]

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?

[PortraitsByHart]

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)

[notlob444]

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

[PortraitsByHart]

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.

[DudleyBloke1]

Excellent compilation shots of ode Lye, sad they had to demolish so many old buildings. I remember using your fathers photographic shop in the 1980s. Thanks for sharing.

[PortraitsByHart]

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!

[warrenbond32]

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:-)

[hapster64]

I remember as a young lad coming to lye around 1970 and the flats were being built.

[notlob444]

Late :) thanks ;)

[jaleelaslam81]

Can anyone tell me when the block of flats on crosswalks road were first built? They are now 3 storey houses because they was converted by the council in 1989. But I need to know the original build year for the flats.

[thinkagainst]

Andreas?

[thinkagainst]

Loveridge?