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Britain from Above.

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MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 25 Mar 2015 21:16


A collection of annotated aerial photographs of Britain taken from 1919 to 1953.

www.britainfromabove.org.uk/

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 25 Mar 2015 22:02

MR M
BRILLIANT SITE,I CAN SEE HEATHROW BEFORE
IT WAS HEATHROW,

Researching:
FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735

Mersey

Mersey Report 25 Mar 2015 22:09

Great site thanks Mr M!!! :-D

Researching:
#Be Kind

Annx

Annx Report 26 Mar 2015 00:44

Superb......many thanks! :-D

Researching:
Staffordshire, Warwickshire

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 26 Mar 2015 08:04

MR M
BEEN LOOKING SO CLOSE TO WHERE MY
HOUSE IS BUILT NEVER COULD FIND EVIDENCE
AND THERE IT IS THE FARM WHICH STARTED
ALL THESE HOUSES AND ALSO 1935 NO
HEATHROW AIRPORT,,
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR M,

Researching:
FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 26 Mar 2015 18:56

Glad to be of help Dizzi :-D

They say that most of the time the evidence is there but finding it is another matter.

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 26 Mar 2015 20:47

I REALLY LIKE THIS SITE,
RECOMMENDED VIEWING MR M

Researching:
FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 27 Mar 2015 01:20

Great site Mr Magoo.

The photo I looked at was dated 1946 but I know the area well .
I looked for a town landmark ( hospital) and pinpointed a particular line of old trees

My house is just 12yrs old but, I live at the end of a "dead end" street and it's the same line of old trees that form the dead end .

Researching:
Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 27 Mar 2015 02:18

I couldn't find the town I grew up in (it's bigger than a village!), but I found the hospital where I was born :-D I couldn't find the next town either, but found pics of a sewage works :-(

Wondering if GlasgowLass lives anywhere near the site of the old Bellshill maternity hospital.

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 27 Mar 2015 10:59

About 11 miles out in EK ( Hairmyres Hospital) LadyScozz.

My mum had home births but, the youngest (premature) was born and died at Bellshill in 1962.
My own children were born at Rutherglen Maternity but it's long gone now too.
The nearest/only Maternity Unit in South/North Lanarkshire is at... Wishaw!

Researching:
Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016

Elizabeth2469049

Elizabeth2469049 Report 27 Mar 2015 13:38

There's the road in Weymouth where I was born - photo dated 1925 which was when my grandfather bought the land the house was built on!

Researching:
Dominy & Croom in Dorset, Rutherford & McElhatton in Northumberland. Dendy and Thorp

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 27 Mar 2015 13:56

My house was built in 1937date on photos 1935/1929
Found on map where our house was built on a farm estate
Map proved what I allways said

Researching:
FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735

Joeva

Joeva Report 27 Mar 2015 18:17

Thanks for the link Mr-Magoo :-)

I have added a couple of 'pins' ..... one is to the block of flats where I was born sometime after the original photo :-) but is still standing as it is now a listed building........ also pinpointed the address and name of the pub in which my large extended family gathered for celebrations all those years ago..... the name has changed a few times over the years but it too is still standing. ! :-D

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 27 Mar 2015 19:32

Didn't realise you were that old MtG ;-)

Some of those pictures are from the twenties.. :-D

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 28 Mar 2015 20:18

You're older than your teeth because you have a second set.... :-)