“Britain from above is an online collection of images from the Aerofilms collection. Dating from 1919 to 2006, the total collection presents an unparalleled picture of the changing face of Britain in the 20th century. It includes the largest and most significant number of air photographs of Britain taken before 1939. Britain from Above is a four year project aimed at conserving 95,000 of the oldest and most valuable photographs in the Aerofilms collection, those dating from 1919 to 1953.”
Take from the Britain from Above website
At Pixie Creations we have been participating in an online collaborative creative project as part of this: “Knit for Britain from Above“
Knitted aeroplanes (the pattern of which can be found here) are photographed in the same locations as the aerial photographs on the website to show comparisons between then and now.
Here are some of the locations we have been to along with the original aerial photographs.
Egremont Castle:
Florence Mine, Egremont:
Egremont Town Centre:
Whitehaven Harbour:
Whitehaven Town Centre:
St Nicholas’ Church, Whitehaven:
Wigton:
Wasdale and Wastwater:
Scafell Pike:
It has been interesting looking at the aerial photographs and finding the different locations. As we had made the planes from wool and other biodegradable materials we were able to leave some of them at the locations along with details about the project.
More pictures can be found on the Knit for Britain from Above website here.
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