Now and Then Page 1

 

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This is a page of now and then images. Thus sections of old photographs are placed in new photographs taken at the same spot to show how much the area has changed. These are all pictures of people from this area.

A special thanks to George Williams for all his work on these images.

Big grown up Shane visits the old park on Kersal Way, Kersal Flats in 2008. Little Shane from 1973 pops along and wonders what has happened to the places where he used to play. He is however glad that big Shane still has his hair! Although Little Shane thinks that he was better dressed and wonders why he no longer wears bow ties!

 

Allen Bellamy and Mike Collins on their Chopper bikes in 1974 visit Kingsley Avenue on the 27th October 2013 and notice how much things have changed. Roll your mouse over the image to see the original image.

 

Little Mark Sullivan from 1973 pops along to see older Mark Sullivan on the 12th July 2013. He is surprised at the changes to Kersal Dale. Roll your mouse over the image to see the original image. It is the same tree in both pictures. This shows the changing nature of Kersal Dale and sadly how old we all are!

 

Harry Davies from 2009 pops along to see Harry Davies of 1964. Little Harry is surprised that he has not grown much taller, that his hair has disappeared and so has his waste line. Older Harry wishes that Littleton Road still looked like that and that he still had those Andy Pandy trousers. Roll your mouse over the image to see the original image.

 

Mark Sullivan (second left) from July 2013 is joined by (from left to right) Mark Sullivan from 1973, Shane Sullivan from 2008 and Shane Sullivan from 1973. Little Mark and Shane stood where they used to live in Milton House and reflected upon the pitiful state of the place where they used to live and play.

 

Kevin Isted from 1974 on Grindon Avenue visits the same spot 39 years later on the 25th May 2013. Roll your mouse over the image to see the original image.

 

Mark Sullivan on the Kersal Footbrige on the 12th July 2013. Little Mark from 1973 pops along and is saddened by the state of the bridge and Kersal Way. Little Mark remembers when this bridge was first built and was brand new and shiny.

 

Some residents from Monsal Avenue in the late 50s or early 1960s pop along to the same spot on the 6th February 2008. They note how much the area has changed. Roll your mouse over the image to see the original image.

 

Older Shane Sullivan and Mark Sullivan are joined by their younger counterparts in a picture taken in 2008. The younger Mark and Shane can hardly believe that this is the place that they lived and played in the 1970s. This grass in the middle of the flats was the scene of many epic games of football that were only concluded by sundown and the calls of the mothers of the children to come in.

 

Vicar Gerald Garbutt, Graham Smethurst, Michael Davies and Paul Goddiff from the 1970s pop along to the same spot outside St.Aidan's church on Littleton Road on the 15th March 2009. Roll your mouse over the image to see the original image.

 

Tony Cook from the late 1960s pops along to the area of the old park on the 15th March 2009 and reflects upon how neglected it has become. Roll your mouse over the image to see the original image.

 

A view of the Bird family from the late 1970s mixed with a view of the park on Kersal Way taken on the 24th July 2014.

 

Mark Sullivan on the 12th July 2013 on Kersal Way just in front of where Milton House used to stand. He is joined by little Mark from 1976 who reflects upon how neglected his old home is and that he used to play so many games here.

Harry Davies being held by Ruth Davies and Lenny Davies from 1963 pop along to the area just outside the Kersal Club (at the top of Mackenzie Road) in March 2009 and ponder the transformation of the area. Roll your mouse over the image to see the original image.

 

Kim Jones sat on Alan Birchall's Lambretta in 1978 has reappeared in the same spot 35 years later on the 25th May 2013. Roll your mouse over the image to see the original image and to see how the area has changed.

 

Peter Davies and Pat Parkes on Stamford Road near the Kersal Club in the 1960s pop along to the same area on the 12th March 2009. Roll you mouse over the image to see how this spot looks today.

 

Shane from 2008 is joined by little Shane from 1973 in the middle of Kersal Way with Shelley House (left) and Spencer House (right) in the background. Little Shane cannot believe that this was the same place where so many people lived and played. Where the caretakers brought the Guy Fawkes, or where everyone celebrated the Silver Jubilee in 1977.