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Monday, 11 October 2021

Settle from the Air in the Fifties?

 This has cropped up online in the last day or two.  An amazingly detailed aerial picture of Settle which actually gives a view of the water tower from the east, before it became obscured by trees.

There it is near the top left:
















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Note the near absence of almost  anything on the far side (above) the railway.  Exceptions are Settle gas works and a few houses along Bankwell Road, Giggleswick.

Date seems to be late 1950s or early 60s by the look of vehicles.

Here's a bit of a zoom-in on the water tower and immediate area. The tank is full of water and the footbridge across the top can be seen:



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