Building a public Air Raid Shelter.
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Building a public Air Raid Shelter, Salford
Regent Street, Eccles, Salford. The original was probably taken in the spring of 1940 as Manchester and Salford prepared for the arrival of the Luftwaffe.
It is now underneath the Metrolink tram lines and this section of Regent Street no longer has access for vehicles because of the raised platform.
I think I have the position correct, but as there is nothing in the foreground to match the image (and because I do not know what the focal length used in the original was) I may be a bit out. I could only line it up with the buildings on the other side of the road, all of which all remain.
brilliant work ian
Great work Ian.. Very creative.
You are so good at this stuff. Superb concept…. really gives the old and new added context.
I agree with the above, absolutely brilliant work. You truly are a talented and creative chap 🙂
The merging is fantastic Ian
Great work Ian, so interesting to see the comparison
Very clever work Ian.
very impressive,ian..really like it,mate….
This is clever – I love what you’ve done here! :~}
These are superb Ian. I loved your Berlin ones but these, perhaps because they are closer to home, are just wonderful!
It looks on the money Ian ……this is even better than the last one , i can see you have found a niche here . The idea works so well with your WW2 connected shots. I reckon you will be giving that Luftwaffe over Manchester book some scrutiny over the coming weeks 🙂
more good stuff!
It looks right.
astonishing. love how the ‘cut’ of the bw makes it look a natural feature in the shot – almost like a wormhole through time [mixing up my sciences i think]. very cool, love the old style clothes against the modern setting. your style of work here truly gets the mind ticking over, a great thing.
o … [http://www.flickr.com/photos/pasujoba44] and what Paul said re: niche.
Superb work again, Ian, really does anchor the past in the present and vice versa
And nice to see a construction site with some actual construction going on! 😉
I can only agree with everyone else. Brilliant once again Ian. All these, would make an interesting book, would be very educational too for local children. Kind of thing that you could get a lottery heritage fund grant for…
Brilliant
Such clever work.
These are truly brilliant images Ian – keep up the good work !!
Used to be loads of these in the gardens in the next street when we were kids.
This is fantastic! I love what you’ve done here – we’re hoping to do similar on a work thing I’m working on. It really lets people see change over time.
A brilliant piece of detective work, photography and research
Great to read all your comments folks.
I got some funny looks from people waiting for the tram, as I snapped away, checked the original photo, then snapped some more. Their frowns were saying "What the **** is he photographing?"
fascinating, I know where this is, wonderful work
Historians should use your work, Ian.
This is brilliantly epic!
Excellent lining up. Have you seen the work of Sergey Lenkov and of Nick Stone?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/osborne_villas/sets/72157625836754972/
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Hi gnome.service
Many thanks for your comment and sorry for the late reply, somehow missed this…
Thank you for the link, that is a fine set of images. I am very familiar with Nick’s stuff, he is a good contact and his coverage of the Norwich blitz is wonderful (he has kindly given me a few boosts via his Twitter pages in the past too).
As for Sergey Larenkov, it was his photo of Red Army officers on the steps of the Reichstag which inspired me to have a go at something similar when I visited Berlin;
Really nice work thanks.
We’re centred on Leeds so I don’t know your locations but the old morphed onto new is quite startling.
How is it done/what do you use?
Not techie but colleagues might try to put eg a 1950’s Tram into Middleton Woods.
regards
Rick
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jogoff] Thanks Rick, I have sent you a flickrmail with some tips.
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Thank you