For those interested what an area looked like in the past go the following website.
In the search box type in the area you want to look at.
Once you hit return you will get the current aerial photo of the area.
On the left you will see a list of years from which you can choose.

You can also click the "Compare" button and you will get a split screen so you can set up one year on one side and a previous year on the other.

Historic Aerials