instagram cross-post

[andrewducker]

View from my hill, 1880 and now. You can see my street in the top one, in the bottom one it's a train station.
Original is here on instagram.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Do you know what station that was back then?

[andrewducker]

Blackford Hill Station, on the South Suburban Line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackford_Hill_railway_station

(It's at the bottom of Blackford Hill, and it runs along my street, behind the gardens on the North side of the street)

[darkoshi]

That's a neat comparison. It looks like some of the same buildings are still standing, over 140 years later. Wow.

[andrewducker]

Oh yeah, we have a lot of long lived buildings.

[trailer_spot]

Because there are so many unchanged geographical details that frame the picture this looks very fascinating.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, the photographer did a great job of lining things up!