Fascinating never-before-seen aerial pictures show amazing bird's-eye view of nation's cityscapes and landmarks in 1930s By Francine Wolfisz Published: 09:39, 3 October 2024 | Updated: 09:59, 3 October 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Advertisement A fascinating collection of never-before-seen photographs taken from the skies over Britain has revealed a rare glimpse of life in the 1930s. Steelworks and collieries, silk mills and potteries, fishing docks and shipyards, a state-of-the-art power station and the country's first international airport show evidence of an industrious nation during the interwar years. There are hints too of a life away from work and becoming more focused on leisure, with the mass expansion of seaside resorts such as Bournemouth and the construction of ice rinks and public baths, including in Streatham, Greater London .
Many of the images show a rapidly changing landscape, where historic national landmarks such as St Paul's and Salisbury Cathedral stand as proudly as the newly-built and more modern Battersea Power Station, Smith's Docks in North Tyneside, sports grounds, new housing estates and major national infrastructure, such as Twickenham Bridge. The captivating 242 black-and-white aerial images - released today by Historic England - were taken by little known aerial photographer Arthur William Hobart. When Hobart took the images, aerial photography was still a relatively young industry having only just emerged after the First World War .
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