585 & 587 Broadway, Chadderton - 50 Years On
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The photograph on this page of 585 & 587 Broadway, Chadderton - 50 Years On by Peter Whatley as part of the Geograph project.
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585 & 587 Broadway, Chadderton - 50 Years On
Image: © Peter Whatley Taken: 20 Jan 2010
Fifty years on from an earlier photograph http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1083455 the two houses exhibit many signs of the intervening years' cultural and societal changes. Double-glazed windows and porches have become standard and in white - a colour unthinkable in the coal-fired 1960s. Television aerials sprout from the chimneys in multiple, but some chimneys have clearly been capped or adapted to take a gas flue, with coal fires replaced by gas central heating. The gas supply pipe for 585 is visible near the front door. Alarms and security lights also feature, reflecting modern concerns. Broadway is now far too busy to permit daytime parking, but several "wheelie" and recycling bins obstruct the pavement.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.523194
Longitude
-2.164219