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Lost Britain From Above

Posted on the 12 July 2012 by Gerard

Thousands of historic aerial photographs - which were almost lost forever - go online for the first time. Striking and evocative, they chart a dramatic period of British history - from the end of World War One to the year of the Queen's Coronation.
But these treasured photographs of famous landmarks such as St Paul's Cathedral and Blackpool Tower could have been lost forever, were it not for a major conservation project which has made them freely available on the internet for the first time.
More than 15,000 pictures - many so old and fragile that they were close to becoming beyond repair - have been uploaded on to the Britain from Above website, which is launched today.
(thanks Cora)

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