Aerofilms

[Derek R.]

Some fascinating shots of housing development, but a cracker of Stoke-on-Trent and the bottle kilns at 2m 34s. Further on what looks like RCD, though I may be wrong:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18542080

[jake_crew]

Fantastic clarity for 80 yo photos - but thats black & white for you.

[Heartland]

The view of the pottery at Boothen, Stoke, shows a section of the canal, there is also a nice view of Regents Dock.

 

Ray Shill

[Derek R.]

I've been trying to see if any of the streets at Boothen are left by comparing Google Maps with the frozen frame at 2m 40secs. There are some, but the changes are enormous. Where the bottle kilns stood on the farthest side of the cut, all is now the dual carriageway - 'Queensway'. On the nearest side from the canal is all new industial estate, though that itself could be 30-40yrs old.

 

Streets I suspect as being shown in the B&W clip are from right to left:

Woodhouse; an unknown now gone; Stanmer; Cornwallis; and Selwyn. The road they all link to and which runs parallel to the canal is Maclagan.

 

The Aerofilms shot must have been taken from somewhere above the railway and what is now Hyde Park Trading Estate.

 

Superb clarity. Photography by glass plate for sure.

 

Edited to add:

 

There is a 'Home' page with search facility HERE. Punch in a place name or co-ordinates and enjoy.

Edited June 26, 2012 by Derek R.

[pearley]

And good shots of Limehouse Basin or Regents Canal Dock before Limehouse Cut was re-routed into the basin.

 

Regards

Pete

[mrsmelly]

18 minutes ago, deniseadams said:

 

 

 

Spam, reported.

Edited October 2, 2019 by Athy
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[Tumshie]

4 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

Spam, reported.

If it's a spam and you've reported it for deletion then it kind of defeats the purpose if you quote the spam post with out removing the clickable link. ?

[Athy]

2 minutes ago, Tumshie said:

If it's a spam and you've reported it for deletion then it kind of defeats the purpose if you quote the spam post with out removing the clickable link. ?

....which was being done even as you spoke!