Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
► Points of interest in this video :
This then and now is centred over Raynesway where is connects to the A52 and shows exactly where the Derby canal used to run.
The changes in this view are extensive, took me a while to line up the two images.
In the 1948 view you can see the former Derby canal running across the centre of the view and Raynesway going vertically.
Raynesway was built in the mid 1930's and opened on September 28th 1938.
In the 2026 view you can see the A52 has been built and has junctions onto Raynesway, it opened in May 1980.
In the very centre in 2026 you can see where Albert Looms used to be, in 1948 this site was Leech, Neal & co Colour works and ICI Dyestuffs Group.
Did you know that in the 1950's when Albert Looms took over the site they used to demolish railway waggons before transitioning into car dismantling.
Albert Looms ceased trading in August 2024, Ivygrove Developments intend to redevelop the site as Looms Business Park as a nod to the former business.
The railway track that vanishes in the 2026 view going to the left used to goto Chaddesden sidings.
View A : 16th April 1948
View B : Google Satellite view 2026
☑ Please read the description above 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.
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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► Points of interest in this video :
This then and now is centred over Raynesway where is connects to the A52 and shows exactly where the Derby canal used to run.
The changes in this view are extensive, took me a while to line up the two images.
In the 1948 view you can see the former Derby canal running across the centre of the view and Raynesway going vertically.
Raynesway was built in the mid 1930's and opened on September 28th 1938.
In the 2026 view you can see the A52 has been built and has junctions onto Raynesway, it opened in May 1980.
In the very centre in 2026 you can see where Albert Looms used to be, in 1948 this site was Leech, Neal & co Colour works and ICI Dyestuffs Group.
Did you know that in the 1950's when Albert Looms took over the site they used to demolish railway waggons before transitioning into car dismantling.
Albert Looms ceased trading in August 2024, Ivygrove Developments intend to redevelop the site as Looms Business Park as a nod to the former business.
The railway track that vanishes in the 2026 view going to the left used to goto Chaddesden sidings.
View A : 16th April 1948
View B : Google Satellite view 2026
☑ Please read the description above 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.
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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