Sunday, August 23, 2009

Then and Now extravaganza

We went out and spent the day following Peter Coleman's steps, or more accurately cycle tyre treads.
First was the railway bridge at Bristol Road, Stonehouse. This is what it looks like,
From blogpics

and this is forty years ago,
From G1681

The Severn Bridge nowadays has a road deck, bright white superstructure and dark brown concrete.
From blogpics

But when it was being built it had dull superstructure and bright concrete, oh and no road deck yet but a mini railway instead.
From Box-G1

This is Harriet and Dursley in high marshy grass.
From blogpics

And this is in 1967
From Severn Railway Bridge and Purton

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