In my non-fiction guise, a few years ago I did a book called Lancaster Through Time (this is the original Lancaster, in England). You probably know the formula, pairing vintage photos with a modern shot of the same location. In my research I was given access to a large collection of photos from the 1970s. I was still at school in the early part of the decade, in Uni through the middle years. At first I thought these photos would be too recent… but the more I looked at them the more I realised how much things had changed. Some places didn't loom the way I thought I recalled, others I didn't really remember at all. It felt properly historical to me.
I too was in high school in 1985!
You guys are so young…
In my non-fiction guise, a few years ago I did a book called Lancaster Through Time (this is the original Lancaster, in England). You probably know the formula, pairing vintage photos with a modern shot of the same location. In my research I was given access to a large collection of photos from the 1970s. I was still at school in the early part of the decade, in Uni through the middle years. At first I thought these photos would be too recent… but the more I looked at them the more I realised how much things had changed. Some places didn't loom the way I thought I recalled, others I didn't really remember at all. It felt properly historical to me.