Aerial images of your hometown from the 1920s

stirlingguy1 · 31/01/13 - 21:33

Looks a bit spammy, but it really isn't! Just wanted to share what I thought was a great site:

http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/

You can search your hometown and find old photos taken from above. Amazing how much has changed. Maybe it's just me, but I love things like this!

Ads · 31/01/13 - 21:37

London has changed so much thanks to the Blitz. The UK would look very different if it wasn't bombed the hell out of in WW2 - especially places like Coventry and Exeter.

djcityboy · 31/01/13 - 21:41

My house hadn't been built until the 1930s! :eek:

Harper_Milne · 31/01/13 - 21:43

cool, thanks for sharing

flashgordon1952 · 31/01/13 - 21:51

Yes an interesting site especially seeing the old boats and steam trains !
offcourse there are limit of what can be seen as cameras in those days was a little dodgy on planes and also the planes them selves was few in number. but yesloved the site

welwynrose · 31/01/13 - 21:54

djcityboy wrote: »

My house hadn't been built until the 1930s! :eek:

Where I live had only just started being built

http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw022024?search=Welwyn%20Garden%20city&ref=12

[Deleted User] · 31/01/13 - 21:59

Fab, just found my house!

mackara · 31/01/13 - 22:04

Damn, the site only covers Britain.

BastardBeaver · 31/01/13 - 22:07

Ah cool. The site didn't have any photos for my home town, but I hope some will be added in the future. I was able to see the bigger near by town though. V.Cool.

Andrue · 31/01/13 - 22:15

Huh. Nothing for Brackley. Rather a surprise that given that we're surrounded by airfields. Seems quite patchy coverage around here although Bicester has quite a few pictures.

Bunnyfoo · 31/01/13 - 23:09

Thanks for sharing

CLL Dodge · 31/01/13 - 23:13

My house isn't there. Just fields.

zx50 · 31/01/13 - 23:17

The Steelworks.

http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw026589?search=consett&ref=8

Joni M · 31/01/13 - 23:20

Yay! Consider this plagiarised

Hobbes1966 · 31/01/13 - 23:28

Very interesting site. Thank you OP

swingaleg · 31/01/13 - 23:36

Cheers OP...........I nearly found the house i grew up in, it was just off the edge of one of the photos

Joni M · 31/01/13 - 23:38

swingaleg wrote: »

Cheers OP...........I nearly found the house i grew up in, it was just off the edge of one of the photos

I'm having trouble navigating the site, found the Automatic Telephone Exchange in Liverpool and Crawfords where my nan worked, but can't find Toxteth or nearby... will try again

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[Deleted User] · 31/01/13 - 23:42

My town didn't exist back then

swingaleg · 31/01/13 - 23:43

Joni M wrote: »

I'm having trouble navigating the site, found the Automatic Telephone Exchange in Liverpool and Crawfords where my nan worked, but can't find Toxteth or nearby... will try again
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I just put Bury in and got loads of pics of Bury, Bury St Edmunds, places near Bury, places with Bury in the hame that are nowhere near Bury...............but still, I found some photos of the area I grew up in...............:)

Joni M · 31/01/13 - 23:45

swingaleg wrote: »

I just put Bury in and got loads of pics of Bury, Bury St Edmunds, places near Bury, places with Bury in the hame that are nowhere near Bury...............but still, I found some photos of the area I grew up in...............:)

Ah cool, cheers Swinga.

I've saved it now so will have a good scrounge around on it tomorrow

cnbcwatcher · 01/02/13 - 00:24

Found my hometown: http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw018089?search=kingston-upon-thames&ref=2

And another: http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw018088?search=kingston-upon-thames&ref=1

psionic · 01/02/13 - 00:32

Found the street I grew up in, under construction 1932. The Hoover Factory in the distance is still there but is now a Tesco's. http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw038720?search=dawlish%20avenue%20perivale&ref=0

NewExample · 01/02/13 - 01:18

Couldn't find my village

but the town centre's there, good site!

Fizzbin · 01/02/13 - 01:48

psionic wrote: »

Found the street I grew up in, under construction 1932. The Hoover Factory in the distance is still there but is now a Tesco's. http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw038720?search=dawlish%20avenue%20perivale&ref=0

Blimey, that's a coincidence. I was looking at that very same pic earlier as my friend's house is where the fields are to the top of the pic.

If you search for 'Greystoke' there are pics from the general area. You can see a steam train heading towards Hanger Lane Station (before it was built - the station was actually Brentham Halt which was behind where Selco is today)

Apple_Crumble · 01/02/13 - 03:18

I just checked out the estate where I was born, and to my surprise, there was quite a few houses that already been built by 1926. I'm currently looking for the house where I was brought up in. Also just found a 1932 picture of Wakefield Trinity's rugby ground (built in 1895) - amazing to see the amount of fields nearby! The ground may be knocked down in the next couple of years as Trinity are looking at building a new ground a couple of miles further north (near the M1).

Resonance · 01/02/13 - 03:40

Very interesting, thanks.

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