A blog – with photographs comparing places, monuments, locations, transport, and people across the years.
Highams Park station opened in 1873 and was originally known as ‘Hale End’. Neville Ashbee designed this station in 1903 – it was then renamed as ‘Highams Park & Hale End’. I’m not sure when the ‘Hale End’ part was dropped.
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The station has recently been restored to how it looked when it was built. The background is different however. This photograph was taken in May 2020.
Image: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)
A view of the Media Centre at Lord’s Cricket Ground, flanked by the previous versions of the Compton (left) and Edrich (right) stands. The photograph was probably taken in the 2000s.
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By March 2022, the new Compton and Edrich stands have been opened.
Image: ©TimeViews 2022
A photograph of Marble Arch in London – taken around the 1910s – when it was a glorified roundabout.
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From approximately the same spot in May 2022. The traffic now only passes it on the north side. Image: ©TimeViews 2022
A view of the Royal Standard in Blackhorse Lane, E17 in the 1970s. The Standard was a popular music venue for many years and was directly opposite Blackhorse Road tube station on the Victoria Line.
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I took this photograph in 2020 and, in the intervening years, the area around the Standard has completely changed with new developments of flats apparent behind it. In the last couple of weeks (Summer 2023) the Standard was finally demolished.
Image: ©TimeViews 2020
A photograph (taken in January 1973) of Bow Street Police Station and Magistrate Court in London.
Image: AP Photo/Harris
Now an hotel, this photograph was taken 50 years later (in January 2023).
Image: ©TimeViews 2023
Probably taken in the 1950s or 1960s, this photograph shows Covent Garden in its previous guise as a fruit and vegetable market.
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The same view in January 2023.
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A view of the Covent Garden market and the traders who worked in the fruit and vegetable business. The photograph was probably taken in the late 1800s.
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Now a tourist attraction, the market’s buildings have hardly changed in over 100 years.
Image: ©TimeViews 2023
Hampstead in North London with the Underground station clearly visible on the right. I believe the photograph was taken in the 1980s.
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The same view in April 2023. Image: ©TimeViews 2023
A photograph (taken in 1972) showing the view from just outside the Charing Cross Hotel towards Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery.
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The same view in 2022 – 50 years later.
Image: ©TimeViews 2022
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