Today’s old photos, supplied by Lancaster Museums Service, show Skerton in various eras, from the 1920s until the early 60s, when some of the traditional terraces were demolished to make way for the city’s first high rise flats.
Skerton has always had its own identity and much like Scotforth, was originally a village seen as separate to Lancaster.
The area made national history when Skerton Bridge, built between 1783-1788, became the country’s first flat-topped bridge.
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5. Old Skerton
An aerial shot of Owen Road and Morecambe Road. Photo: Courtesy of Lancaster Museums Service
6. Old Skerton
It was all change for Skerton in the early 1960s. Photo: Courtesy of Lancaster Museums Service
7. Old Skerton
Cheeky children peer out from their doorway in Main Street in this picture from the 1920s. Photo: Courtesy of Lancaster Museums Service
8. Old Skerton
Aerial photo of the Owen Road area. Photo: Courtesy of Lancaster Museums Service