Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
☑ Please read the description below as I have detailed all the things of interest that you can see have changed as well as bit of history you may not know.
I have made this fading then and now video using two vertical top-down photographs of a location, one taken by the RAF in the 1940's and one from Google Maps Satellite view, I have
lined them up precisely with each other so that you can watch as it fades back and forth to reveal what has changed in the decades that have passed between
the two views. Sometimes the changes are massive, sometimes they are subtle, its well worth taking your time looking at different areas of the view as you will keep spotting things.
☑ It takes a lot of time to get the two views lined up with each other so precisely as the old 1940's RAF photographs are not taken on northerly flightpaths, so it means having to
rotate the 2026 view around until North matches up with North in the 1940's photographs. Then I have to match the scale, aspect ratio, Pixel spread, lens distortion and dimensions but I think the great effort I put into
making these "vertical photo then and now" videos is well worth it, let me know in the comments if you enjoyed the effort I put in and if you would like to see more.
☑ To get the most out of these presentations you really need to view them on a big screen or least a PC/Laptop with a proper screen as viewing them on a small phone screen
you simply won’t be able to see all the details properly. If you open the video in the YouTube App on your phone and you are on your homes Wi-Fi network and have a
smart TV turned on (TV's have had this YT casting feature since 2016). Simply tap the cast icon (next to the Gear icon on the screen) and select your TV from the list,
you may have to type in a code to pair it, you now know how to enjoy my videos in 4K ! If you don’t have a Smart TV or a PC then the best thing is to at least install the YouTube app and view the videos in that in Fullscreen mode, its
worth noting that once you are playing a video you can zoom in on the video using two fingers as a way of seeing more details.
► Points of interest in this video :
This view is centred over London Road rail bridge near where Bateman Street meets London road.
Quite a lot of changes to see in this one so will take a while to spot them all.
Look at all those houses that used to be on Bateman Street and Barlow Street in 1948, all gone in the 2026 view.
Those houses on Barlow Street were cleared in 1988 for the DRI extension.
In the 1948 view the next two streets up from Barlow Street were Clifton Street and Bloomfield Street both of these were cleared in 1971.
The large blue bridge in the 2026 view on London Road over the railway tracks was installed in 2013 and opened on 27th November 2014.
The railway bridge it replaced dated from around 1879.
Up until 2013 Litchurch Lane was a road that connected to London Road but when the new railway bridge was installed they converted the Northern part of it
to a Cycle/footpath.
In 1948 there were two loco turntables on the railway land, neither of these survived into the 2026 view, having been built on.
Note all those railway sidings in 1948 that have all disappeared in 2026.
Note that Ivy House school, bottom left of view (located at the back of Ivy Square) is not in either of these views, it was built in the late 1960's and demolished around 2008. The plot of land has remained empty since. The school relocated to Moorway Lane in 2009.
Streets covered by this view : London Road, Bateman Street, Litchurch Lane, Barlow Street, Clifton Street, Bloomfield Street.
View A : 16th April 1948
View B : Google Satellite view 2026
Hope you enjoy it and feel free to share the link to my video to anyone interested.
Best viewed on a large computer screen or smart TV as this is recorded in 4K resolution with great music so a real waste watching it on a small phone screen. Did you know you can cast it to your smart tv from the YouTube app?
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Music Credits :
'The Restoration' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
youtube.com/watch?v=22KHaYz8Row
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☑ Please read the description below as I have detailed all the things of interest that you can see have changed as well as bit of history you may not know.
I have made this fading then and now video using two vertical top-down photographs of a location, one taken by the RAF in the 1940's and one from Google Maps Satellite view, I have
lined them up precisely with each other so that you can watch as it fades back and forth to reveal what has changed in the decades that have passed between
the two views. Sometimes the changes are massive, sometimes they are subtle, its well worth taking your time looking at different areas of the view as you will keep spotting things.
☑ It takes a lot of time to get the two views lined up with each other so precisely as the old 1940's RAF photographs are not taken on northerly flightpaths, so it means having to
rotate the 2026 view around until North matches up with North in the 1940's photographs. Then I have to match the scale, aspect ratio, Pixel spread, lens distortion and dimensions but I think the great effort I put into
making these "vertical photo then and now" videos is well worth it, let me know in the comments if you enjoyed the effort I put in and if you would like to see more.
☑ To get the most out of these presentations you really need to view them on a big screen or least a PC/Laptop with a proper screen as viewing them on a small phone screen
you simply won’t be able to see all the details properly. If you open the video in the YouTube App on your phone and you are on your homes Wi-Fi network and have a
smart TV turned on (TV's have had this YT casting feature since 2016). Simply tap the cast icon (next to the Gear icon on the screen) and select your TV from the list,
you may have to type in a code to pair it, you now know how to enjoy my videos in 4K ! If you don’t have a Smart TV or a PC then the best thing is to at least install the YouTube app and view the videos in that in Fullscreen mode, its
worth noting that once you are playing a video you can zoom in on the video using two fingers as a way of seeing more details.
► Points of interest in this video :
This view is centred over London Road rail bridge near where Bateman Street meets London road.
Quite a lot of changes to see in this one so will take a while to spot them all.
Look at all those houses that used to be on Bateman Street and Barlow Street in 1948, all gone in the 2026 view.
Those houses on Barlow Street were cleared in 1988 for the DRI extension.
In the 1948 view the next two streets up from Barlow Street were Clifton Street and Bloomfield Street both of these were cleared in 1971.
The large blue bridge in the 2026 view on London Road over the railway tracks was installed in 2013 and opened on 27th November 2014.
The railway bridge it replaced dated from around 1879.
Up until 2013 Litchurch Lane was a road that connected to London Road but when the new railway bridge was installed they converted the Northern part of it
to a Cycle/footpath.
In 1948 there were two loco turntables on the railway land, neither of these survived into the 2026 view, having been built on.
Note all those railway sidings in 1948 that have all disappeared in 2026.
Note that Ivy House school, bottom left of view (located at the back of Ivy Square) is not in either of these views, it was built in the late 1960's and demolished around 2008. The plot of land has remained empty since. The school relocated to Moorway Lane in 2009.
Streets covered by this view : London Road, Bateman Street, Litchurch Lane, Barlow Street, Clifton Street, Bloomfield Street.
View A : 16th April 1948
View B : Google Satellite view 2026
Hope you enjoy it and feel free to share the link to my video to anyone interested.
Best viewed on a large computer screen or smart TV as this is recorded in 4K resolution with great music so a real waste watching it on a small phone screen. Did you know you can cast it to your smart tv from the YouTube app?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Music Credits :
'The Restoration' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
youtube.com/watch?v=22KHaYz8Row
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