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I came across the above image on Facebook group and realised that I could pinpoint the exact spot it was taken and recreate the photo, something I’ve done before<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, Seymour Grove is a great deal busier today compared to back then, so it took a while to realise the idea. Fortunately, I had the perfect opportunity when the road was closed for the Manchester Marathon, taking the below photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It didn’t take long to combine the two photographs, creating the resulting image. I think it came out pretty well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Comparing and contrasting Seymour Grove’s past and present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[63],"tags":[133],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nPast and Present Seymour Grove - Gareth Hacking Photography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/garethhacking.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/12\/01\/past-and-present-seymour-grove\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Past and Present Seymour Grove - 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