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As a follow on from a previous forum thread (http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/hardly-the-vivian-maier-motherload-of-images.527482/) I decided to continue the discussion by starting a new thread here.
I got started in photography as a result of my father being a keen amateur, and when he passed away I inherited hundreds of his colour slides and black and white negatives.
I've gradually been working my way through them and scanning some of the more interesting ones.
I came across some old shots of London taken, I think, in the late 1960's.
Some are easily identifiable, but others are a little more obscure, but in the other thread we have been able to identify a few that I was not sure about.
I'll start here by some simple then and now shots taken from London Bridge:
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Note the granite parapet to London Bridge, indicating that this is the John Rennie bridge that was sold in 1968 and now stands at Lake Havasu, Arizona.
The impressive warehouses named New Fresh Wharf were not finished until after WW2 and the site was relaunched as the New Fresh Wharf, handling fruit and perishable goods.
It took vessels of up to 10,000 tons – the largest merchant ships ever to visit the Pool of London – and was successful until the late 1960s, but was demolished in 1974.
An office block built in 1977 now occupies the site.
Similar view in 2009.
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The stainless steel parapet of the 1972/73 replacement London Bridge leads to a much cleaner Adelaide House.
I was puzzled by the fact that you can clearly see the top of the Monument and the spire of St Magnus the Martyr church above Adelaide house in the first picture,
yet they were not visible in the modern shot. I then realised that an extra storey has been added to Adelaide House, plus a plantroom for the air-con etc, making
the building somewhat taller now than in the 1960's.
Another thing that is interesting is that the wooden piles that form the facade of the river bank do not seem to have changed, and the spacing and location appear
to be similar in both pictures.
Of course, this later view has changed considerably even since 2009, since we now have the "Walkie Talkie" and the "Cheesegrater":
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What a difference in only four years!
I always say London is a great city, it'll be even better when they've finished it!
If anyone wants to see more, I have a few that may be of interest.[/URL]
I got started in photography as a result of my father being a keen amateur, and when he passed away I inherited hundreds of his colour slides and black and white negatives.
I've gradually been working my way through them and scanning some of the more interesting ones.
I came across some old shots of London taken, I think, in the late 1960's.
Some are easily identifiable, but others are a little more obscure, but in the other thread we have been able to identify a few that I was not sure about.
I'll start here by some simple then and now shots taken from London Bridge:
[URL=https://imageshack.com/i/jjbw4uj]
[/URL] Note the granite parapet to London Bridge, indicating that this is the John Rennie bridge that was sold in 1968 and now stands at Lake Havasu, Arizona.
The impressive warehouses named New Fresh Wharf were not finished until after WW2 and the site was relaunched as the New Fresh Wharf, handling fruit and perishable goods.
It took vessels of up to 10,000 tons – the largest merchant ships ever to visit the Pool of London – and was successful until the late 1960s, but was demolished in 1974.
An office block built in 1977 now occupies the site.
Similar view in 2009.
[URL=https://imageshack.com/i/7go9sgj]
[/URLThe stainless steel parapet of the 1972/73 replacement London Bridge leads to a much cleaner Adelaide House.
I was puzzled by the fact that you can clearly see the top of the Monument and the spire of St Magnus the Martyr church above Adelaide house in the first picture,
yet they were not visible in the modern shot. I then realised that an extra storey has been added to Adelaide House, plus a plantroom for the air-con etc, making
the building somewhat taller now than in the 1960's.
Another thing that is interesting is that the wooden piles that form the facade of the river bank do not seem to have changed, and the spacing and location appear
to be similar in both pictures.
Of course, this later view has changed considerably even since 2009, since we now have the "Walkie Talkie" and the "Cheesegrater":
[URL=https://imageshack.com/i/f7dankj]
[/URL]What a difference in only four years!
I always say London is a great city, it'll be even better when they've finished it!
If anyone wants to see more, I have a few that may be of interest.[/URL]
