Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
► Points of interest in this video :
This view is centred over Handyside Street/River Street in the Darley Abbey suburb of Derby.
In both views you can see the River Derwent flowing up though the shot.
In the 1948 view you can see the former Friar Gate railway line (GNR Derbyshire & Staffordshire extension) going diagonally top/left, as you
can see Arthur Street, North Street and North Parade used to have bridges over the railway line.
On the left river bank (above River Street) you can see some railway sidings left over from Handyside's Duke Street foundry.
Notice how there were loads of houses on Bath Street in 1948 which have all been demolished, thankfully St Alkmund's Well survived.
Rivermead House, Derby's first multi-storey building was built on the plot of those houses in 1965.
The Furnace Inn pub is present in both views, it was built as a house in 1819, which was part of Andrew Handyside Britannia Foundry complex. It was converted to a pub in 1895.
Streets covered by this view : Handyside Street, Buchanan Street, Darley Lane, Edward Street, Arthur Street, North Street, North Parade, Duke Street, River Street, City Road, Mansfield Road.
☑ 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.
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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► Points of interest in this video :
This view is centred over Handyside Street/River Street in the Darley Abbey suburb of Derby.
In both views you can see the River Derwent flowing up though the shot.
In the 1948 view you can see the former Friar Gate railway line (GNR Derbyshire & Staffordshire extension) going diagonally top/left, as you
can see Arthur Street, North Street and North Parade used to have bridges over the railway line.
On the left river bank (above River Street) you can see some railway sidings left over from Handyside's Duke Street foundry.
Notice how there were loads of houses on Bath Street in 1948 which have all been demolished, thankfully St Alkmund's Well survived.
Rivermead House, Derby's first multi-storey building was built on the plot of those houses in 1965.
The Furnace Inn pub is present in both views, it was built as a house in 1819, which was part of Andrew Handyside Britannia Foundry complex. It was converted to a pub in 1895.
Streets covered by this view : Handyside Street, Buchanan Street, Darley Lane, Edward Street, Arthur Street, North Street, North Parade, Duke Street, River Street, City Road, Mansfield Road.
☑ 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.
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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