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Then and Now – Hanbury Hall

This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. I quite like those Then and Now comparison photographs that you see in books or on the Twitter or Facebook.  The first of the posts in this series was of a council building in Manchester.

I always thought I should give then and now photographs a go. However what I have started to notice is that I have been doing Then and Now photographs unintentionally over the years and have been taking photographs of the same thing or place from the same view or perspective years apart.

I took this photograph of Hanbury Hall in December 2025 using an iPhone 13.

What I hadn’t realised was that a couple of weeks ago in November 2025, I took an almost identical shot.

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Then and Now Take Two – Wells Market Place once more

This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. Over the years I have taken this view at Bristol Airport quite a few times, both unintentionally and now intentionally.

I was in Wells for their Christmas Market in December 2025, so I decided I would take the same photograph of the market place again. I used an iPhone 13.

I took this photograph in Wells in August 2002.

It was taken with a Sony Cybershot. On a return visit to Wells in January 2025 I decided I would attempt to take this photograph again using my iPhone 13.

Where as before there were cars parked, on the day I went there was a market (and a lot more people).

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Then and Now Take Two – Wells High Street

This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. Over the years I have taken this view at Bristol Airport quite a few times, both unintentionally and now intentionally.

I was in Wells for their Christmas Market in December 2025, so I decided I would take the same photograph of the High Street again. I used an iPhone 13.

Wells

I took this photograph in Wells in August 2002.

It was taken with a Sony Cybershot.

On a return visit to Wells in January 2025 I decided I would attempt to take this photograph again using my iPhone 13.

Not quite the same angle (and I did need to crop the image).

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Then and Now Take Two – Back to Bristol Airport again this month

This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. Over the years I have taken this view at Bristol Airport quite a few times, both unintentionally and now intentionally. Yes you are correct I took this photograph just a few weeks back.

This was also taken in November 2025 using an iPhone 13.

Bristol Airport

Here are the photographs from over the years taken of the same view.

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Then and Now Take Two – Back to Bristol Airport

his is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. Over the years I have taken this view at Bristol Airport quite a few times, both unintentionally and now intentionally. I even took one last month….

This was taken in November 2025 using an iPhone 13.

Bristol Airport

Here are the photographs from over the years taken of the same view.

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Then and Now Take Two – Minehead Water Tower

This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. The first of the posts in this series was of a council building in Manchester. I always thought I should give then and now photographs a go. However what I have started to notice is that I have been doing Then and Now photographs unintentionally over the years and have been taking photographs of the same thing or place from the same view or perspective years apart. Now this has come to my attention I have started to intentionally take photographs of the same place.

I remembered taking this photograph at Minehead Station on the West Somerset Railway many years ago, so on a recent visit to Minehead Station I decided I would try and recreate the shot.

This photograph was taken in March 2005 using a Canon EOS 300D digital SLR camera.

I took the more recent photograph in October 2025 using a Canon EOS R100 digital camera.

No steam in this shot.

 

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Then and Now – Viking Twin Otter

This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. I quite like those Then and Now comparison photographs that you see in books or on the Twitter or Facebook.  The first of the posts in this series was of a council building in Manchester.

I always thought I should give then and now photographs a go. However what I have started to notice is that I have been doing Then and Now photographs unintentionally over the years and have been taking photographs of the same thing or place from the same view or perspective years apart.

When I depart or arrive at an airport I usually take a photograph of the plane I am about to fly on, or just flew on. Last week I flew into Glasgow Airport and as I disembarked from the plane, next to the EasyJet was a LoganAir Viking Twin Otter, which is an interesting looking plane. So, I took a photograph of the plane using my iPhone 13.

Checking on previous visits to Glasgow in my photos app I found this photograph of the same LoganAir Viking Twin Otter. I had taken this photograph departing Glasgow in November 2023 using an iPhone 13.

Not the same perspective, but I took this photograph in November 2022 also with an iPhone 13. Same plane though.

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Then and Now Take Two – Dunster Station Goods Shed

This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. The first of the posts in this series was of a council building in Manchester. I always thought I should give then and now photographs a go. However what I have started to notice is that I have been doing Then and Now photographs unintentionally over the years and have been taking photographs of the same thing or place from the same view or perspective years apart. Now this has come to my attention I have started to intentionally take photographs of the same place.

I remembered taking this photograph of the Goods Shed at Dunster Station on the West Somerset Railway many years ago, so on a recent visit to Dunster Station I decided I would try and recreate the shot.

This photograph was taken in March 2005 using a Canon EOS 300D digital SLR camera.

Dunster Station Goods Shed

I took the more recent photograph in October 2025 using an iPhone 13.

Dunster Station Goods Shed

Back in 2005 it was quite foggy.

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Then and Now Take Two once more – Bristol Airport

This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. The first of the posts in this series was of a council building in Manchester. I always thought I should give then and now photographs a go. However what I have started to notice is that I have been doing Then and Now photographs unintentionally over the years and have been taking photographs of the same thing or place from the same view or perspective years apart. Now this has come to my attention I have started to intentionally take photographs of the same place.

Over the years I have taken this view at Bristol Airport quite a few times, both unintentionally and now intentionally. I even took one last month….

This was taken in October 2025 using an iPhone 13.

Bristol Airport

Here are the photographs from over the years taken of the same view.

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Then and Now Take Two Again – Minehead Engine Shed

This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. I quite like those Then and Now comparison photographs that you see in books or on the Twitter or Facebook.  The first of the posts in this series was of a council building in Manchester.

I always thought I should give then and now photographs a go. However what I have started to notice is that I have been doing Then and Now photographs unintentionally over the years and have been taking photographs of the same thing or place from the same view or perspective years apart. Now this has come to my attention I have started to intentionally take photographs of the same place.

I took this photograph at Minehead Station on the West Somerset Railway in October 2025 using an iPhone 13.

Here are the other photographs of the same place.