YeOlde.co.uk is an ongoing project by photographer Mark Varley and researcher John Grinter.

What?

YeOlde.co.uk is a historic/educational project. We collect old photographs of a town and research the buildings etc in them. Then we photograph the same scenes as they are today and mount old and new together for a fascinating view of change over time. Sometimes the photos look identical, sometimes you'd never recognise the location.

When?

The old photos we use vary in age from around 1900's to the 1950's, anything that shows a snapshot of life/town in times long past.

Where?

Towns and Cities in the United Kingdom, Particularly those with an interesting/long history, much of which still exists.

Why?

Old photographs have always fascinated us, looking at a 100 year old photo of a street in your town and recognising the old buildings now with a completely new use but still going strong. We find such historical comparisons fascinating, and we hope you will too.