We bought these lovely old postcards at the Montrichard brocante a few years back. The postcards show the old bridge over the Cher along Rue du Pont, with the castle ruins in the background.
We thought it would be interesting to try and match the views in the postcards to modern Montrichard. As you can see we were not able to get the same angle as the postcard photographer, who we think stood to the right of the bridge on the left bank, as today there is a private garden preventing us from standing on the same spot.
However you can see there are a number of building that help match the images from over 100 years ago with the images from today.
A couple of interesting differences stand out. Firstly there are a lot more trees in the modern images. Have a look at the ridge on the left of the of the castle .... quite a difference! And the postcard photos weren't taken in the middle of a drought so don't show so much of the river bed and bridge supports.
More old postcards from Montrichard can be found in this blog about
Postcards of Rue du Pont and Bridge over Cher.
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| Postcard of Montrichard posted 1908 with view of river, bridge and castle |
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| Photograph of Montrichard with view of river, bridge and castle |
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| Postcard of Montrichard with view of river, bridge and castle |
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| Postcard of Montrichard posted 1915 with view of river, bridge and castle |
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| Photograph of Montrichard with view of river, bridge and castle |
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| Postcard of Montrichard posted 1909 with view of river, bridge and castle |
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| Photograph of Montrichard with view of river, bridge and castle |
