I visited my childhood home today ...
By guybrush
@guybrush (4658)
Australia
March 19, 2009 11:15pm CST
I've been waiting for ages for England to have Google Street View - and I often check, in the hope it's been upgraded. Well, today I was SO excited to find London has been done - and Leeds, where I was born and spent my early childhood. I was actually able to stand in front of my first home, and compare it with a photograph I have, which was taken 45 years ago. The house has barely changed. My Dad's plot across the road is a little more overgrown than when he was growing our spuds there - but the house, apart from no longer having a fence and gate, is pretty much as it was. It was a lovely nostalgic journey to be able to 'virtually' walk up and down that street again, as I last saw the house when I was six years old. I'm hoping they do Cornwall soon, as it's the only chance I'm going to have of walking the streets of Polperro (a dream of mine). Is YOUR home on Google Street View yet - or just on Google Earth? Technology is a wonderful thing ... and GSV is one of my very favourite innovations!
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
20 Mar 09
Hey guybrush! How cool is that? I have never even thought to
try to look for the first houses that I lived in! What an
interesting idea! That must have been so much fun taking a
virtual tour and seeing what has changed and what has stayed
the same! I'll be for you it brought back lovely memories!
I think I will check it out myself! I would like to thank you
for the wonderful idea! I will let you know how I made out!
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@cobrateacher (8432)
• United States
20 Mar 09
How cool, Guybrush!
I tried to find the addresses of a couple of childhood homes when first read this, but without luck. I'm going to keep trying, though, because you've made me so curious!
@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
21 Mar 09
They are updating it all the time, and London was only put online a couple of days ago. Australia has had GSV for over a year now, and lots of the USA is done. You can also visit the streets of Paris and Rome. Keep trying - they'll get around to your neighbourhoods soon!
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@minnie_98214 (10557)
• United States
20 Mar 09
They have my neighbor hood but i cant walk to my house yet. I havent checked lately as ive been busy but it is very cool. I love to check out sites i will never get to like Paris.
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@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
21 Mar 09
I loved walking the streets of Paris too, Minnie - and I hope you'll soon be able to stand outside your home. I think it's so exciting. When Australia first came online, my son was wondering why his car wasn't parked in our driveway (our car was!), so he enjoyed checking out all the beach carparks and his friends' houses to see whether it was parked there. As yet, he hasn't found it!
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@abbey19 (3106)
• Gold Coast, Australia
21 Mar 09
It must have been exciting for you to be able to see your first home, and your Dad's plot across the road! Lovely memories! Technology is amasing!
I was born in Scotland, and would love to see my old house - do you know if Scotland has GSV?
@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
21 Mar 09
Hello Abbey - yes, they've started on Scotland, and Glasgow has been done, along with some of the surrounds. I just had a bit of a walk in the city - and it's brilliant! Do have a look - you'll really enjoy yourself. If you didn't live in Glasgow, I'm sure they'll be adding your town soon.
@Little_Stormy (6883)
• United States
19 Apr 09
awwww I am happy for you!
I visit my childhood home (in real life) just about every week... sometimes it just feels so good to go back home! :)
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@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
19 Apr 09
Lucky you! One of my daughters just came for a visit, and she thought it was funny we were still living in the same house we bought when we got married, and that she can visit her childhood home and still sleep in the same room she slept in when she was brought home from the hospital! My husband's childhood home (a farmhouse) was burnt down when he was 10 - so he can never go back. It's nice if you can, that's for sure!
@mands61123 (2098)
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3 Sep 10
eee by ek i never knew you was from leeds chick not been on it yet i see enough of the SpEsHaL imbreds on my own street as it is but i might just follow your leed and have a look at calagran fleetwood where we used to holiday every year til i was 7.
So come on then tell us the story how did you end up over there then if you was born in leeds?
@mands61123 (2098)
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4 Sep 10
not got round to it yet lol but i will do eventually
I noted i got some best responses from ages ago and thats when i saw this.
I've not been on here for donkeys either i have a mad spert every 6 months or so where i feel guilty for neglecting everyone and come on and then i disappear again lol
I bet it is stressful I've only been in my house 10 years and we're having electrical rewiring done and it's driving me bonkers everything in boxes dust everywhere stuff falling off the walls yikes
Still it'll be worth it when its all over with and your nice and warm and a nice new house is always a plus even if you loved the old one it's always a novely like being on holiday or something lol
Ps you managing to still keep up with the blog while all thats going on?
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
4 Apr 10
HI guybrush as the distance in Malta are very short, I do pass from the same street that I lived there as a kid, every now and then. I bought my parents house and I lived in it for a few years until I moved to a new home. I had decorated the house and my parents and relatives were surprised with the home improvements. It seems that the couple who bought my house have enjoyed our finishing touches tastes and they are improvign on it.
