Then & Now: Panoramas from the Tower

View South

East Street, New Road and the footbridge have not changed too much over the last 100 years. However the encroachment of large buildings on the waterfront has restricted views of the river significantly.  Note the position of the photographer on the tower roof was identical, except a little shorter. Maybe a tripod was used in 1924 or they sat down away from the low parapet?
c1924
c1925- 1927 – note phone booth at footbridge entrance
1933
c1985
2022
South Then & Now. 1924 image ©SAS, 1985 photo ©Andy Horton, 2022 image ©Paul Osborne

View East

Looking east again shows the encroachment of building onto the waterfront.  Both the North and South banks have transitioned from industrial to residential.
c1910
1979
April 2022
Then and Now: 1979 & 2022 images ©Paul Osborne

View South East

Once again, in 2022 the river is consumed by buildings closing down the vistas from most viewpoints.
1910
2022
1910 and 2022 views to the SW

View North West

1910
1915 – note Swiss replaced by School
1979
2022
View NW to Swiss Gardens

View North East

c1920
1922
1979

View North

1914
2022
1914 © Doris Steers Collection. 2022 © Paul Osborne
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