They do look very glamorous, I wonder what the backstory was how did they end up in Sunderland watching football?
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I wonder does @harryCLSsafc dad know?
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They do look very glamorous, I wonder what the backstory was how did they end up in Sunderland watching football?
️ I wonder does @harryCLSsafc dad know?
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They might have been in town to attend a red carpet night at a cinema up Holmside like!They do look very glamorous, I wonder what the backstory was how did they end up in Sunderland watching football?
I wonder does @harryCLSsafc dad know?
I like the following from his Wiki page; ''In 1925, a writer for Photoplay wrote of him, "Girls, Ben Lyon looks harmless but we have reliable information that he's irresistible, so watch your step. Besides he's a mighty fine actor and if the ladies must fall in love with him he can't help it." Even I'm looking at him and thinking, ''he does have something about him like'!''.
I've checked the Wiki page of Bebe Daniels, and apparently they spent a lot of years on and off, living in London. Perhaps they were guests of the Chelsea directors, as they appear to have been the most likely opposition around the date that the photo was taken.They do look very glamorous, I wonder what the backstory was how did they end up in Sunderland watching football?
I wonder does @harryCLSsafc dad know?
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They might have been in town to attend a red carpet night at a cinema up Holmside like!
I like the following from his Wiki page; ''In 1925, a writer for Photoplay wrote of him, "Girls, Ben Lyon looks harmless but we have reliable information that he's irresistible, so watch your step. Besides he's a mighty fine actor and if the ladies must fall in love with him he can't help it." Even I'm looking at him and thinking, ''he does have something about him like'!''.
I've checked the Wiki page of Bebe Daniels, and apparently they spent a lot of years on and off, living in London. Perhaps they were guests of the Chelsea directors, as they appear to have been the most likely opposition around the date that the photo was taken.
It’s so interesting
Sporty
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Had a bash at doing a Roker Park one. if on a phone, tap the image and turn phone sideways. You can also zoom in I think
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A quick go at colouring in
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Had a bash at doing a Roker Park one. if on a phone, tap the image and turn phone sideways. You can also zoom in I think
Are you using a pro/ paid for version of Google earth? It’s a very good technique to see both old and new.
bobster999
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I got my invitation approved for Google earth studio. Have t really used it yet. I want it to mainly make animations that go from place to place but I'm not quite sure it's what I want
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I just use Google Maps in a browser as you click on the Layers option then scroll down and select Globe View and deselect labels to get them out the way. You then click on the 3D button in the bottom right. Find the best matching angle view, screenshot and hoy both into Photoshop and match layers to make 2 images. Then hoy them into ezgif website and choose the crossfade option. Surprised that it doesn't take that long to do but it's interesting to see how it changes.
Google Earth is now free as I also have that installed but the browser is simple and quick enough. I was going to look at that colourful high quality Roker Park image next that also shows the beach etc once I find it
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I’ve not used Google earth app for a few years. There was a function in the free version which allowed you to upload a .gpx file and it would animate the route as a fly-by. Quite cool.
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Sporty
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Another one with Roker Park
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I'm not sure if this was the colourful image of Roker Park I was thinking of but I did it anyway
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I'm not sure if this was the colourful image of Roker Park I was thinking of but I did it anyway
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As an aside, are you aware of the National Library of Scotland (NLS) side-by-side online mapping service?
It provides an overlay of two OS maps of varying ages (of your choice) and a slider to fade between the two. Very good for seeing what used to be in a location compared to now.
Sporty
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Aye used something similar in the past, not sure if it was earlier in this thread or an older thread.
It's crap how places you knew as a kid have changed so much now but you can't hardly remember owt and you get to see the odd old photo of something that reminds you a little. Whereas these days, Google is recording everything and in time older people can go back to their youth to see what places used to be like.
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Well done mate. Class these like.A quick go at colouring in
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Had a bash at doing a Roker Park one. if on a phone, tap the image and turn phone sideways. You can also zoom in I think
bobster999
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I love this. Big Bertha on Clarks Farm in Grangetown. Big Bertha is the gun, not the woman's nickname 
Just been reading that an anti aircraft battery was also on the field that is now the garden nursery. I had no idea.
Just been reading that an anti aircraft battery was also on the field that is now the garden nursery. I had no idea.
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vinegar hill
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The concrete building from the army barracks were still there into the sixties.I love this. Big Bertha on Clarks Farm in Grangetown. Big Bertha is the gun, not the woman's nickname
Just been reading that an anti aircraft battery was also on the field that is now the garden nursery. I had no idea.
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We used to play on them.
bobster999
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I was reading earlier there was an anti aircraft battery where the garden nursery is now. I had no idea.
I love this. Big Bertha on Clarks Farm in Grangetown. Big Bertha is the gun, not the woman's nickname
Just been reading that an anti aircraft battery was also on the field that is now the garden nursery. I had no idea.
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There was similar a gun emplacement up near Springwell. The concrete foundations are still there.
vinegar hill
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Yes that’s correct.
The German bombers used to use the two tall paper mill chimneys as landmarks to come over the coast and drop their bombs on the shipyards and port although obviously loads landed on houses.
The guns used to fire on them from there.
