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Old Photos Of Ratby Village, Leicestershire

Another project I started recently was the purchasing of old postcards and photographs of Ratby, Leicestershire in the UK. My original aim was to frame them and have them on display in my house, however some of the post card and photos were in poor condition or damaged, so with trusty Photoshop I set about restoring them. Each restoration is fairly time consuming I will add more as I complete them.

This is dated on the rear of the postcard 1960 (hand written) however I assume this picture to be of a much earlier date. The picture depicts the junction of Desford Lane, Main Street and Station Road. The picture was taken looking down Main Street towards Station Road, with the road to Desford Lane on the right of the picture.

Junction of Desford Lane, Main Street and Station Road, Ratby, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Original – Click image to view at high resolution.

Junction of Desford Lane, Main Street and Station Road, Ratby, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Cleaned – Click image to view at high resolution.

Junction of Desford Lane, Main Street and Station Road, Ratby, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Finished – Click image to view at high resolution.

Aerial Photos of Bury Camp, Hillfort, Ratby, Leicestershire

Unbeknownst to me Bury Camp the oldest known human settlement in Ratby, is a probable Iron Age encampment dating back approximately 3000 years, the site was also adapted by the Roman army for use as a temporary fort in around 50 AD. As this interesting historical location is only a stones throw away from my front door my interest was piqued, armed with this knowledge my companion and guide for the morning was Mr Alan Sims, after a coffee and with all the equipment loaded it was time for our little adventure, sadly our first aerial escapade was cut short suffice to say it involved a low battery and an emergency landing! After we recovered the downed quadcopter it was back to base to view the limited footage, upon investigation and making matters worse we found no footage had been recorded for the short first flight.

Take two, batteries charged and the camera double checked, it was now time for the money shots. Thankfully after an uneventful 15 minutes flight time and reaching heights in excess of 170 meters our mission was a success, below are the photographic fruits of our labour, we hope they are of interest.

The photos were taken using a GoPro Hero 3+ mounted on a Zenmuse H3-2D Gimbal all attached to a quadrocopter. Clicking the picture allows you to view the full sized aerial photograph, depending on your web browser you should then be able to zoom in.

 

Aerial Photos of Ratby, Leicestershire

These photographs were taken on a calm afternoon in January 2014 over Ratby, Leicestershire, UK, using a GoPro Hero 3+ mounted on a Zenmuse H3-2D Gimbal all attached to a quadrocopter, the maximum altitude I reached for this flight was about 100 meters. The images are around 10 megapixels so still retain a high level of detail. Clicking the image allows you to view the full sized photo, depending on your web browser you should then be able to zoom in.