Search This Blog

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:
















click picture to enlarge

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:



1 comment:

  1. I just visit your website and I found it very informative. Please share more content just like that. I want to read more content so please upload more articles. Thanks in advanced.
    House Renovations in Hammersmith
    https://www.lcrenovation.co.uk/loft-conversion-in-hammersmith/

    ReplyDelete

Do please leave comments. If nothing else it shows that there is somebody out there.