Wednesday 4 July 2012

Compare and Contrast. The old and the new. 1963 & 2009

Carrying on from a previous post, looking at the Technical School, here are a few past and present shots, along the lines of the old BN & T concept (which might appease badfinger) of comparing  how an area looked in the past and how it then looked a few decades later, or in some instances, a century later.
Salford. 1963 image courtesy of John Eddleston and the 2009 image courtesy of CP
Northgate. 1963 image courtesy of John Eddleston and the 2009 image courtesy of Roy Tomlinson
A section of Bank Top. 1963 image courtesy of John Eddleston and the 2009 image courtesy of Roy Tomlinson
Town Hall St. 1963 image courtesy of  John Eddleston and the 2009 image courtesy of Charlie
Looking along King William St into Darwen St (1963) and the same view in 2009, with Debenhams dominating the centre of the photo. 1963 image courtesy of John Eddleston and the 2009 shot courtesy of Roy Tomlinson.
   
Property on Weir St. The old image courtesy of Ernie Denton (not 1963 this time, but far earlier) and the 2009 image courtesy of CP
Queens Park. The old postcard dates to c1907 and the lower photo photo is one I took myself in 2009.
Photos as credited below each double image and editing, courtesy of CP

2 comments:

  1. Don't know if I'm getting this right but here goes. Re your lovely photos of Cuckoo Hall which I knew as a child. I wondered what is known about Moss Hall ( Intack area). Was there a hall there and if so when?

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  2. Sorry but I don't know anything about Moss Hall. There probably will have been a hall there, that's often how the names come about.

    Regards.

    Colin

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