Longton and Dresden Past and Present Slide Show (Stoke On Trent)

Comparison shots between past and present locations around Longton and Dresden. Full list of locations below.
1 - Looking at the railway bridge and town hall from the end of King street
2 - Looking down on Market Street from the railway station
3 - The Crown hotel at the end of King Street
4 - Longton Town Hall
5 - Longton Town Hall viewed from the railway station
6 - Shops on Market Street
7 - Looking back towards the railway bridge from halfway down Market Street
8 - The old Midland Bank on Market Street
9 - Another view of Shops on Market Street
10 - Looking up Market Street towards Uttoxeter Road from the junction with Anchor Road
11 - Looking back along Market Street towards Fenton from the junction with Anchor Road
12 - Union Hotel / Stevens Solicitors on the junction of Uttoxeter Road and Commerce Street
13 - Looking back at Commerce Street and Market Street from the Union Hotel / Stevens Solicitors
14 - Looking down Commerce Street towards the A50 and Dresden
15 - St James' Church as viewed from Normacot Road
16 - Looking back towards the town center from St James's churchyard
17 - old Aynsley China Works on Sutherland Road
18 - Old Sutherland China Works on Normacot Road opposite St James'
19 - Longton Public Library / Sutherland Institute
20 - Dresden, Looking towards Blurton from the junction between Trentham Road and Belgrave Road
21 - Dresden, Looking towards Longton from the junction between Trentham Road and Belgrave Road
22 - Looking East along Belgrave Road
23 - Another view on Belgrave Road
24 - Orthodox Church, viewed from Red Bank, off Belgrave Road
25 - Longton Cemetery
26 - Longton War Memorial on Trentham Road at the junction with Queens Park Avenue
27 - Queens Park, Longton, Trentham Road main Entrance
28 - Looking back toward Trentham Road main Entrance from inside Queens Park
29 - Clock Tower, Queens Park
30 - Queens Park, East Entrance at the top of Chaplin Road
31 - Looking down Queens Park Avenue from the junction with Carlisle Street and Cocknage Road

[@PurityVendetta]

Superbly done, thank you. Dresden is still a beautiful suburb of the city. I didn't know that the Lord John Russell had been demolished.

[@Nina77586]

Home sweet home... Nice to watch...

[@Bloke-in-Stoke]

Bloody brilliant bit of editing Adrian. Full marks! I've done a little bit of this myself quite some years ago but nowhere near the level of detail and accuracy you have produced here... absolutely brilliant mate. Keep it up, we need more.

[@AdrianBeardmore]

Thanks 👍

[@wyattlive83]

Dont know what it is but when i look at old photos of stoke on trent its like seeing a ghost!
Makes you realise time waits for nothing so make the most of what you have got now!

[@suhailmirza2741]

This is brilliant. Desden, and the Park area, always had the old charm and felt like a step back in time. Many a day has been spent in the Park and around the pond and band-stand. Its a shame Longton, like all our towns, has been left to ruin. Reminiscent of a bomb site.

[@dallassukerkin6878]

Nicely done, Adrian :thumbs up: Given that the family name is so evident in the area it is inevitable that we are related I suspect :)

[@quintonbroster2994]

Excellent

[@Stevefoster80]

The entire town is dead, I remember back in the 80/90s it was always busy . Such a shame

[@LordFlashheart.11]

All planned!

[@deanchapman4285]

Brilliant

[@OneNightInDresden]

Fantastic video, was the Lord John Russell where the car park is now?

[@crognjoharding9447]

I’ve got to ask
Does anyone know what happened to the FERODO sign on the bridge as I always imagined it ending up in some millionaires garden
That alone just reminds me of my childhood

[@staffordian]

Superbly done, though a touch depressing...

[@markturner7409]

That was mint 🦆 as a bricky it always upsets me greatly to see the fabulous buildings demolished and replaced by soulless boxes, it’s like it’s done on purpose

[@philhewitt73]

Nice video, also nice to see someone not slagging it off 👍

[@shamibull8972]

Very beautifully put together

[@craigpimlott204]

Dresden where the legendary actor Freddie Jones comes from ..

[@MultiDiane64]

Thank you so much for sharing. If you have more to share I know many people would love to see your work

[@bertvsrob]

neckend. so much history forgotten and left to ruin.

[@kasiakasia177]

Gratitude

[@davidclews9012]

bet that took awhile to get thew correct position with the tripod

[@AdrianBeardmore]

Thankyou. Yes, it takes some time to get the shot lined up as close as possible

[@uktruecrime]

This is pretty good as the photos are an exact match, but the transition is a bit irritating because its not linear, you can't focus on either before or after whilst its going on. I get it that its supposed to be like a celluloid burning, but I think a general fade would be better so you could see the transition take effect clearly. Beyond that, maybe its just me, but it appears that there used to be more people using the streets in the past. Where are they now? Cowering at home in case they are mugged? Where is Stoke on Trent anyway? I assume its not in London? You should state that so people know straight off these are shots from the middle of nowhere. I see you have done quite a few more, so well done, they are quite good other than the transition, which I guess you really like and the fact that 99% of people probably don't know where Stoke is. Why not do some London ones so they are more relevant to British people as most people live in London now and will be familiar with the places. Also, you should make it clear which is the before and after as I might imagine you are showing shots of places as they are today, grey and faded, transitioning into what they once were, bright and full of colour.