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Lye, West Midlands
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Lye is a suburban area of the Black Country in England, between Halesowen and Stourbridge in Dudley Metropolitan Borough, West Midlands. It was formerly a village in the parish of Oldswinford, Worcestershire.
Lye's railway station (on the Stourbridge-Birmingham mainline) is the station with the shortest name (Lye) in the United Kingdom. All other three-letter towns with railway stations have a word following, such as "station" or "platform".
Lye is well known for the large number of balti houses that line the high street.
Its most famous son is Sir Cedric Hardwicke, who is remembered there by a sculpture by Tim Tolkien, commissioned by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. The memorial takes the form of a giant filmstrip, the illuminated cut metal panels illustrating scenes from some of Sir Cedric's best-known roles, which include The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Shape of Things to Come, and The Ghost of Frankenstein. It was unveiled in November 2005.
- Britain In Old Photographs: Lye And Wollescote (ISBN 0-7509-1657-5).
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