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Then and Now – Cox’s Mill Hotel

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.

After a recent visit to Cheddar I was reviewing some photographs from previous visits and realised I had taken two similar photographs of the (then) historic Cox’s Mill Hotel. This was a hotel built on the site of a former mill dated back to the mid 1800s.

This was taken in August 2013 with a Canon EOS 400D digital camera.

This view of the now boarded up hotel was taken in May 2021 with an iPhone 8.

However in October 2022 the hotel was demolished as it was beyond economic repair and the space has been turned into initially a public space, but is now a motorbike parking area.

This (almost) similar shot was taken in January 2024 with an iPhone 13.

I took this photograph in April 2016 with an iPhone 17 Pro Max of the water area.

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Then and Now Take Two Again – Cheddar Yeo Sword

This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. 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 of the Cheddar Yeo Sword in April 2026 using an iPhone 17 Pro Max.

Cheddar Yeo Sword

I took this photograph in August 2025 using an iPhone 13.

Back in January 2024, I was having a short walk in Cheddar after the storms and the Cheddar Yeo stream was a real torrent of water. I took a photograph of the Cheddar Yeo Sword being bombarded by the water.

I checked my older photographs of Cheddar after taking that photograph and there was this very similar photograph I had taken in Cheddar in May 2021 from almost the same perspective.

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Then and Now Take Two – Cheddar Yeo Sword

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 o ar 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 of the Cheddar Yeo Sword in August 2025 using an iPhone 13. Having taken the same photo before in 2024 and 2021.

Back in January 2024, I was having a short walk in Cheddar after the storms and the Cheddar Yeo stream was a real torrent of water. I took a photograph of the Cheddar Yeo Sword being bombarded by the water.

I checked my older photographs of Cheddar after taking that photograph and there was this very similar photograph I had taken in Cheddar in May 2021 from almost the same perspective.

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49. Wallace Aurelius

This Wallace sculpture is all the way down in Cheddar.

49. Wallace Aurelius

Who goes there? It’s Wallace, in his starring role in this Roman historical epic. Visionary inventor, hapless gladiator and part-time philosopher, Wallace is bound by strength and honour. Gromit diem servat!

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Cheddar #50places2025

I made a visit to Cheddar, in the main to grab a photograph of the Gromit sculpture, but also have a walk. Cheddar can be slightly cheesy in places, but the magnificence and natural splendour of the gorge makes all that tack and cheese pale into insignificance.

It was a rather hot day, so made the decision to not walk up the gorge itself, but did drive through it up the road.

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Cheddar after the rain

I had a walk around Cheddar after the rain and the Cheddar Yeo stream, which is usually still and clear. This time however it was much more a raging torrent.

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Then and Now – Cheddar Yeo Sword

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 was having a short walk in Cheddar after the recent storms and the Cheddar Yeo stream was a real torrent of water. I took a photograph of the Cheddar Yeo Sword being bombarded by the water.

I did wonder what it was like before, so I checked my older photographs of Cheddar and there was this very similar photograph I had taken in Cheddar in May 2021 from almost the same perspective.