50 years later I return - a photo on Flickriver

            In 1964 I sat in the driving seat of my father's army Austin Champ, dreaming that one day I could drive a vehicle like him. My dad clicked the shutter and captured that moment. Today I drove back to 11 Morfa Crescent in Tywyn for the first time in 50 years, to that house I lived in when I was five years old. Memories came flooding back. Like me, the house had changed, but the fundamental characteristics of both still shine through after half a century. I feel very emotional just looking at the picture I have created recognising all that has gone between those two times; most of a lifetime in one picture.

It's not perfect. The picture taken in 1964 caught just the end of the house on the left, and half the front of our house on the right (allowing me to line it up), and both ends of the jeep were cropped off leaving just 3/4 of a vehicle. But I also had no idea what camera my father used or the focal length of the lens. Only after a 3 hour drive to get to my current home did I realise I didn't match the perspective perfectly. But actually I'm happy with the result. Today took me so far back in my life, I'm really lost for words. 

Me in the driver's set in 1964. Me, standing in the background, 50 years later in 2014

Taken on: January 19, 2014

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morfa

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gwynedd

wales

before and after

austin

champ

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