Five Lane Ends in 1963

Five Lane Ends

8:41am Thursday 20th November 2008

The Morrisons E5 store off Bradford Road was a long way from the drawing board when CH Wood took this photograph of Five Lane Ends in 1963 (it actually has six lanes, but only had five before Swain House Road was built).

Laisterdyke in 1954

Laisterdyke in 1954

9:08am Thursday 13th November 2008

Britain was still suffering from post-war austerity when CH Wood took this aerial photograph of Laisterdyke in 1954.

Bradford Institute of Technology in 1962

Bradford Institute of Technology

8:48am Thursday 6th November 2008

It was later to become the University of Bradford, but when C H Wood took this aerial photograph in 1962 the new building growing up between Great Horton Road and Tumbling Hill Street was known as the Bradford Institute of Technology.

Forster Square Station in 1961

From the air

8:28am Thursday 30th October 2008

Forster Square Station was a long way from being redeveloped a few hundred yards up the line when this CH Wood aerial photograph was taken in September, 1961.

Ashbourne Estate in 1964

The Ashbourne estate

4:14pm Thursday 6th November 2008

The Ashbourne estate in the Bolton area of Bradford was largely completed by the time C H Wood took this aerial photograph in 1964. But a lot of details have been added to the landscape in the intervening 44 years.

North Keighley in 1965

Northern Keighlet from the air in 1965

10:49am Thursday 16th October 2008

The new look of northern Keighley was starting to take shape when C H Wood took this aerial photograph in 1965.

Bingley in 1983

Bingley from the air

8:50am Thursday 9th October 2008

It was only 25 years ago that Telegraph & Argus photographer Dennis Flatt took this aerial photograph of Bingley, but what a lot has changed in the meantime.

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