R.A.F aerial photography over Leeds in 1951.

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Wed 09 Oct, 2013 10:55 am

Well done Phill.Have just read the online story in today's YEP on this.Amazing pictures.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Wed 09 Oct, 2013 11:00 am

somme1916 wrote: Well done Phill.Have just read the online story in today's YEP on this.Amazing pictures. Oh it's one of them crazy things started again Reminiscent of the ghost village I'm getting bombed out with messages about them, the Y.E.P got in touch yesterday asking if they could feature them. Some more are being featured tomorrow I believe.

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Wed 09 Oct, 2013 11:01 am

Phill_dvsn wrote: simonm wrote: Cracking images phill, yet again I have an aerial photo of Elland Rd whilst a match was being played from 1951. Leeds united V Barnsley, Leeds won in case anyone cares Apparently, the photo was taken by the RAF carrying out their aerial mapping? Thanks Simon, glad you liked them There is this small photo of the one I believe you mean?http://tinyurl.com/ppghgtoNot from the same photos, these were taken in the Summer of 51 when the festival of Britain was on in June and July. The 1951 Fixture list didn't start till Sat 18th Aug. And Leeds didn't play Barnsley at home until Sat 01 Mar 1952. http://www.clarets-mad.co.uk/results_fi ... ndex.shtml No it's not that one. Its an image direct over the ground showing the match being played. I'll take a photo when I have time and stick it on here.

geoffb · Post by **geoffb** » Wed 09 Oct, 2013 1:07 pm

[quotenick="Phill_dvsn"] geoffb wrote: I,m struggling with the gas holder photo 1 over Farnley? Anyone out there any Ideas. Well the big factory is Dunlop and Ranken. The mills and chimney behind is Farnley Low Mills (woolen)The gasometer stood right here at the side of Wortley beckhttp://goo.gl/maps/4CJ0iIt's just a case of getting our bearings and looking at maps to get the location now. 24th July 1956. Dunlop and Ranken iron and steel stockyards on Whitehall Road. View looks east over cows in a field, the factory and the Kirkdale housing estate. Beyond are the chimneys of industrial Leeds.This photo is taken from Wood Lane which runs in to Whitehall Rd at the entrance of the stockyards,at about the time of the photo, a new shed was built at the side of the shed you see on the left, it was 400yds long, it was was like a wind tunnel down there, before the roof was on the shed the overhead crane was blown from the front of the building right to the bottom end,if the stops had'nt been on the crane rail it would have run off the end. Jimmy Skafe was the foreman on the job,at that time he was living in the Kirkdales.http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... AY=FULLThe gas holder in picture is whitehall Road No1, which was built in 1870s apparently when the gasworks there was built, but my guess it was replaced with a larger unit in c1910. It was decommissioned in 1950s no record of demolition.

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Wed 09 Oct, 2013 1:16 pm

yorkiesknob wrote: This one for Blakey.Junction of Queenswood Drive and Spen lLne. Took some sorting but a few clues on the photo. Railway line at center left, layout of junction,Hawksworth estate top left, power pylons center photo.Butcher Hill sports field now where sand quarry is on photo . Butcher hill rd just visible top right.Link for zooming http://tinyurl.com/pr6nktmThanks again PhilThanks for this one Phil. I can see my Aunties garden on Lea Farm Dr. where I stayed with her during the Summer holidays. I would wave to the train drivers as they went past the btm of her garden.They would wave back which I thought was great! I found the Albion pub too on an earlier pic .The Armley one. Couldn't see my street further up Armley Rd as it didn't get on the photo. A great project Phil . Congratulations.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Wed 09 Oct, 2013 1:48 pm

I've just put a short animation of these photos on flickr herehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/100686 ... tostreamIf it were speeded up it would give the illusion of actually flying over Leeds. I've not cropped any images, they are straight from the tin, and it shows how the R.A.F were capable of photographing every bit of land they flew over. It's only a short clip, but if you like Pink Floyd - Then turn up the volume!

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Wed 09 Oct, 2013 2:56 pm

Here's some film footage of what was going on at the Festival of Britainhttp://www.yfaonline.com/film/festival-britain-1951-leedsYou can see some bigger white planes on my photo, the film shows they were Avro Lancasters, an awesome plane to see fly past.

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Wed 09 Oct, 2013 10:49 pm

geoffb wrote: Is that a paddy train near to crossing by the Bridgefield from Waterloo pit, wow!!! Great! To think my Dad went to work and back on this paddy train. He worked at Waterloo Main in the 30' and 40's!

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Wed 09 Oct, 2013 10:52 pm

stutterdog wrote: geoffb wrote: Is that a paddy train near to crossing by the Bridgefield from Waterloo pit, wow!!! Great! To think my Dad went to work and back on this paddy train. He worked at Waterloo Main in the 30' and 40's! I've added some info about the Paddy train now if you hadn't seen it. Even the flagman's name. I really wouldn't have minded his job Rare photo of the Paddy train, It was posted to facebook, no copyright, where it came from, or description sadly. I might try work out where it was taken.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Thu 10 Oct, 2013 1:00 am

1937 photo with the Bridgefield pub and Paddy train line across Cross Green Lane.From Leodis herehttp://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIde ... PLAY=FULLI wonder if that's the flagman's hut? 30th September 1942.Construction of static water supply near mineral railway line. Houses behind are numbers 235-239, Cross Green Lane. Several workmen on site.From Leodis herehttp://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIde ... SPLAY=FULL You can see where that static water tank was on the 1951 photo. It's like doing a time dig spotting things you'd not have noticed normally.http://tinyurl.com/omvfkw8And still visible today 71 years later.