When you’re looking at local studies or even pondering about a specific location, try http://www.old-maps.co.uk. Not only does it give you a map from the 1889-1891 census but the chance to see an aerial shot of the location from 2001. If you use a Smart Board then capture the map and aerial shot onto a notebook page. Use the transparency tool to make the image at the front of the two slightly transparent and position one directly on top of the other image. Wow, you can now compare the growth and change of the area.
