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Jonty
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D-Day - then and now
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February 10, 2015, 08:54:32 pm »
My brother has just sent me this:
http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/2014/apr/image-opacity-slider-master/index.html?ww2-dday
Click on each image for then and now.
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February 10, 2015, 09:47:55 pm »
Excellent photos.
Thank you.
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February 10, 2015, 11:22:06 pm »
Those are brilliant are there any more accessible?
Thanks for posting them.
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a3nige
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February 11, 2015, 09:38:25 am »
Amazing, thanks.
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jarvo
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February 11, 2015, 10:05:51 am »
Please ask your brother if he can post any more.
Amazing how the passage of time can change things.
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derekwarner
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February 11, 2015, 10:33:19 am »
These age reversible images are uncanny, naturally the faces are gone, but despite war damage the buildings are so still the same...same arch ways, windows, chimney pots, the water fountain......
Thanks for posting these Jointy
.........Derek
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February 11, 2015, 01:57:35 pm »
Fabulous images
I got the feeling that the ghosts of the past were very present in the images of the present...
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February 11, 2015, 02:42:15 pm »
Fascinating! I'm was interested to see that the Weymouth Lifeboat is moored in the same place in both photos.
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February 11, 2015, 02:48:46 pm »
Very good. I like the first one. You can see how far lifeboat technology has moved as well.
Craig.
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