I am not a great fan of the now and then sets of pictures.
But I have to be careful, because I did collaborate on a then and now book on Didsbury’s past, so I shall push on with these two.*
We are on Kings Lynn Close on a bright day in February.
And for those that remember the day, it was pretty much the only dry day for weeks.
So as the rain wasn’t coming down like stair rods and the clouds were not scrapping the tops of buildings I set off into the township.
By the time I got back on the tram and headed into town the weather had turned, but that’s another story.
For now it is Kings Lynn Close and the view up towards Wilmlsow Road.
For some the value of the image will be in the snap shot of shops on the main road, which will stir a few memories.
But I am equally interested in the clutch of buildings to the left.
There is much the same, including those large metal trolleys and the simple observation finding a parking spot back in 1967 was like today, a reward in itself.
Location; Didsbury
Pictures; looking out from Kings Lynn Close, 2020, from the collection of Andrew Simpson, and in 1967, Courtesy of Manchester Archives+ Town Hall Photographers' Collection, https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/albums/72157684413651581?fbclid=IwAR35NR9v6lzJfkiSsHgHdQyL2CCuQUHuCuVr8xnd403q534MNgY5g1nAZfY
*Didsbury Through Time, Peter Topping & Andrew Simpson, 2013, A new book for Didsbury, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20new%20book%20for%20Didsbury
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| Kings Lynn Close, 2020 |
We are on Kings Lynn Close on a bright day in February.
And for those that remember the day, it was pretty much the only dry day for weeks.
So as the rain wasn’t coming down like stair rods and the clouds were not scrapping the tops of buildings I set off into the township.
By the time I got back on the tram and headed into town the weather had turned, but that’s another story.
For now it is Kings Lynn Close and the view up towards Wilmlsow Road.
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| Kings Lynn Close, 1967 |
But I am equally interested in the clutch of buildings to the left.
There is much the same, including those large metal trolleys and the simple observation finding a parking spot back in 1967 was like today, a reward in itself.
Location; Didsbury
Pictures; looking out from Kings Lynn Close, 2020, from the collection of Andrew Simpson, and in 1967, Courtesy of Manchester Archives+ Town Hall Photographers' Collection, https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/albums/72157684413651581?fbclid=IwAR35NR9v6lzJfkiSsHgHdQyL2CCuQUHuCuVr8xnd403q534MNgY5g1nAZfY
*Didsbury Through Time, Peter Topping & Andrew Simpson, 2013, A new book for Didsbury, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20new%20book%20for%20Didsbury
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