Whitburn 1953
by BRIAN HASTINGS
A wonderful aerial photograph looking east over the village. This can be dated to 1953 with Cornthwaite Drive and Wellands Close in the early stages of building. No Junior School, Eastfields Estate or Wellands Lane. The prefabs at Highcroft can be seen. Also standing are the remaining late Victorian streets immediately west of Hedworth Terrace; the latter streets would all be demolished within eight years of the photograph.
Interesting too, to see some of the early eighteenth-century field boundaries still showing on part of what is the Rifle Range. The fields bordering the cliff tops and banks are still being cultivated. Redhill is visible as is Allison`s Yard and the early village school close to the pond. The original photograph was posted by Tony Lindsay in 2017. Thank you, Tony!
