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“Trenches Of WWI”: 61 Fascinating Comparisons Showing What Time Has Done To People, Places, And Memories
It's strange how we often don't notice change as it's happening. But one day, we look back and everything is different. People grow up, places evolve, time waits for no one, and things rarely stay the same.
While many of us fear change, it isn't always a bad thing. And people have been proving it by sharing then-and-now photos of how things were vs how they are now. From someone's "before and after testosterone" transition, to a girl and her pup in 2016 and 2025, the pics provide a welcome dose of nostalgia with a side serving of wholesome goodness.
Bored Panda has compiled a list of the most beautiful ones for you to browse through while you reminisce about years gone by and wonder about those yet to come. Sit back, grab your gran's old blanket and keep scrolling. Don't forget to upvote your favorites.
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#1
These Photos Are 10 Years Apart! From When They Were First Found In The Street And How They Are Today
Things are always changing, even when it feels like time is standing still. It's strange to think that the earth looked drastically different a thousand years ago to how it does today. And right now, it's transforming at an alarming rate... thanks to climate change.
According to NASA, temperatures are increasing, ocean levels are rising and ice sheets are melting. Greenland, for example, lost an average of 279 billion tons of ice per year between 1993 and 2019, while Antarctica lost about 148 billion tons of ice per year.
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#2
Elsie Allcock Has Lived In The Same House For 104 Years
Elsie Allcock has lived in the same house for 104 years, born in a 2 bed terraced house in 1918, of which her father had rented since 1902, she then went on to borrow a loan of £250 from the local council in order to buy the property. Elsie was born at the back end of the First World War 28th June.
#3
Our Wedding, 1994 - At Our Son’s Wedding, 2023
But that's not the only way our planet has evolved. Sprawling cities now stand where we once had forests, highways cut through areas that used to be deserted, and even formerly uninhabited islands have been turned into luxury resorts.
#4
My Great Grandma And I
I got my name Pearl from this wonderful lady.
#5
First And Last Picture I Took Of My Sweet Baby, 2013 And 2026
#6
Then And Now
MalayDragon 1 week ago
As previously stated: 100% her dad looks at these to pictures side by side and will state they're the same picture.
#7
My Best Friend And I, 2006-2025
#8
My Grandfather And I In Tokyo, 73 Years Apart
#9
My Daughter And Her Pup, 2016 & 2025
#10
Mum And Dad Celebrated Their 34th Wedding Anniversary This Weekend
1991-2025 and still very happily married.
#11
Pics Of My Twin Boys From Newborn To Age 17
I could only get them to cooperate every couple of years.
#12
My Grandmother 1968/2024
Forrest Hobbs 1 week ago
Good grief. I was alive in 1968 - quite a bit younger than her, as it happens. I wish I'd kept my looks as well as she has. 😉
#13
Once A Ghostbuster...
Me at 4 years old in 1989, and me at 38 in 2024.
#14
My Daughter’s First And Last Day Of School
#16
Grandad, 26 To 96
Royal Canadian Navy. Shortly after this picture, taken in Key West (‘57) he was involved in a helicopter crash that broke his back. No longer able to fly or sail, he then took a contract with the American Navy, monitoring Soviet submarines, using newly acquired SONAR technology brought to North America by Britain. He’s my favourite human.
Forrest Hobbs 1 week ago
Sound guy, but the sound detection technology in question was given to the US by the Tizard mission in 1940 - so, rather a long time before 1957... Link follows. The British acronym was 'ASDIC' (Wikipedia says that's derived from 'ASD' for Anti-Submarine Division; also that in 1939, in response to a question from the Oxford English Dictionary, the Admiralty made up the story that it stood for "Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee").
#17
The Arctic More Than 100 Years Ago Compared To Now
Beak Hookage 1 week ago
My whole life they kept warning us that this was going to happen, and it appals me that I've lived to see it.
#18
The Trenches Of World War I Then And Now
#19
Lithuania, Kaunas, Now It Is In A Mall
#20
2020 & 2026, 4 Years Before & After Testosterone
I didn’t intend to take the “after” picture as a comparison, but it really reminded me of this selfie I took back in 2020. I barely reckognise myself. it’s almost like looking at a sister… I started my transition in late 2024 (at 29) and I’m a lot happier now.
#21
2005-2025
19 and 39 year old me with my 2001 Acura TL and yes it's the same shirt.
Beak Hookage 1 week ago
Heh, you must be related to my dad. He's still wearing the same shirts 30 years later.
#22
50 Year Span
Prom night in high school in 1976. I was 18. Fast forward to 2026. 68 years old.
#23
Chichen Itza 1892 And Now
#24
Stonehenge: 1877 And 2019
Crissy Newbury 1 week ago
I never realised that it had fallen down and was reconstructed. I live a couple of hours away.
#25
Me And Niece
2008: Me 21 niece 2 months 2025: Me 40 niece just turned 17.
And she likes to be held like this even though she’s too big to keep doing this.
#26
4 And 27
MalayDragon 1 week ago
100% her dad looks at these to pictures side by side and will state they're the same picture.
#27
Hamster Head 9 To 57
#28
Bike Ride Before And After The Berlin Wall
Forrest Hobbs 1 week ago
I've read that the Berlin wall was built entirely on the Eastern side. Apparently, they had doors in it here and there. Everyone once in a while - so I've read - they'd nab someone on the West side of the wall if they were irritated enough - see all that graffiti? It's all being done to East German property actually inside the claimed territory of East Berlin... I visited East Germany including East Berlin in the early 1980s. It was very weird, standing on the S-Bahn platform looking out over the wall at the bright lights and suchlike of West Berlin.
#29
3 Decades On
#30
Woodstock Festival Site - 1969 / 2020
Forrest Hobbs 1 week ago
'I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band I'm going to camp out on the land I'm going to try an' get my soul free We are stardust We are golden And we've got to get ourselves Back to the garden' - Joni Mitchell
#31
Crater Lake In 1982 And 2022
#33
1920 / 2020, San Francisco, CA
#34
Chicago In The 1930s vs. Now
#35
15 To Almost 50
Wow that happened fast.
#36
2005 - 2025 . My Mum In The Same Outfit 20 Years Later
#37
My Family In 1982 And June 2025
Beak Hookage 1 week ago
I used to wear a little sailor suit dress just like that when I was little. I loved it because I could pretend I was Donald Duck. :D
#39
Apparently I Found My Style When I Was 8, 40 Now
#40
1991, 13yo To 2026, 48yo
#41
Balancing Rock At Garden Of The Gods, 1920s And Now
#42
University Of Montana ~150 Years Apart
Forrest Hobbs 1 week ago
I strongly suspect that the top picture doesn't actually feature the university at all. 🤨 Call me cynical if you like, but it looks like 'land inhabited by indigenous Americans before they were illegally evicted to make way for white folks'.
#43
27 And 72 Years Old
#44
San Francisco In 1938 And Now
#45
20-50
#46
Hong Kong’s Kowloon Peninsula 1964 - 2016
#47
Tunnel Rock At Sequoia National Park, 1952 And 2020
#50
Lincoln Memorial, Before And After The Construction Of The Pool
#51
Ostend, Belgium, 1899 And Present Day
Forrest Hobbs 1 week ago
A reminder to all that once upon a time, Belgium had fine architecture. The question I have is: why did you lot get rid of it, eh? Yes, yes, those modern concrete nasties are much more practical and easy to maintain and so on and so forth - but also so *ugly*.
#53
Twenty Year Difference In Dallas, Texas, 2001 To 2021
#54
~10 Months vs. 47
nottheactualphoto 1 week ago
The kid on the right looks a lot more than 47 months old. Just sayin'.
#55
1995-Now
Some things never change.
#56
Dad In The Same Shirt 30 Years Later
#57
A New York City Street - 1984 And Present Day
#59
Hanging By A Tire, Milton, MA, 1934 vs. 2025
#61
Then And Now, 18yr, 1994 - 48yr, 2024
Meghan Nicoletti 1 week ago
Still absolutely stunning. Oh, and thank you for your service ma'am!
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