Then and Now

Some of those who know Kirby Misperton well might say that the village has changed enormously over the last few years. Certainly since the early 1990s it has increased in terms of homes somewhere in the order of 50%. Over half of those new homes have been added in the past 3 years alone.

However, when comparing pictures of the village a hundred years ago, the main difference seems to be that we have discovered colour and electricity poles. The old picture is a postcard from 1911, and the modern photo is one taken in 2004. I'm not sure the potholes in the road aren't the originals - they probably have preservation orders on them.

The nitpickers out there will note, of course, that even since 2004 we have seen the removal of the overhead electricity cables and accompanying pole, so that ironically the view today is closer to the 1911 picture than ever. Such is progress.