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Charlie Goerges

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A British Aerial Photo Collection made Available
« on: October 04, 2024, 09:43:41 AM »
Just saw an article where a 1930s aerial photo collection has been made available. It focuses on infrastructure, but I noticed a golf course in the background of a shot and thought I'd post it.

This is a portion of Royal Mid Surrey circa 1930s (cropped). The building near the top of the image is the Kings Observatory.

Royal Mid Surrey C1930s by goerges_family, on Flickr

There are larger versions available


You probably won't be able to find a lot of golf-related stuff there, but there may be some. Here is a link to the web page where I found it:
https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/photographs/aw-hobart-air-pictures-portleven-collection/

About half-way down the page is a navigable map that will help you find the photos. It's a little needlessly complicated, but the photos are large and beautiful.
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Adam Uttley

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Re: A British Aerial Photo Collection made Available
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2024, 12:57:30 PM »
The broader collection from Historic England is superb with some fascinating photos.  Included are photos from the 30s of the construction of the original Simpson loop on Sunningdale New. 


https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/aerial-photos/record/EPW045260





There are then aerials soon after Morrison’s reversed the loop which showed both the old and new routes.


https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/aerial-photos/record/raf_cpe_uk_1982_fp_1071





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Richard Fisher

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Re: A British Aerial Photo Collection made Available
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2024, 01:29:10 PM »
Agreed. Some amazing material here although (as the name suggests) the coverage is restricted to England only. There are some 1942 photographs of Brancaster which show the links before the post-war changes and the rerouting with newer holes like the current 6th replacing those lost to the sea beyond the current 11th, including (to quote Darwin) one of the greatest of short holes. The legendary NLE links of the Royal Isle of Wight GC at Bembridge can also be seen. Well worth a happy afternoon scrolling through…
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Thomas Dai

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Re: A British Aerial Photo Collection made Available
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2024, 03:07:08 PM »
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