Welcome to the Website of Alan Burnett: writer, blogger, collector of old photographs, and devotee of all things pointless and inconsequential.
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When I was young, I used to dream about changing the world or writing the definitive book on the lives of the great British brewers. But as I have got older, my dreams have changed. Now, as I drift off to sleep each night, I think about my plans to complete the catalogue of my collection of old photographs. Given the boxes and drawers full of lost and abandoned old photos, you might say it is an impossible task. But then again,…
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Breathless In Sheffield
The photograph is from more than forty years ago and shows the steps leading up to Fitzalan Square in Sheffield from Bakers Hill. In the early 1980s, I commuted by bus and…
News From Nowhere No. 3,230
It was twenty years ago today (well, in fact, it was twenty years ago yesterday, but that doesn’t have the same musical ring to it) that I uploaded the first post to…
That’s Life
Street scenes like this one – which I photographed in France half a century or so ago – are wonderful reflections of everyday life. Nobody is posing, and no Sunday best clothes…
Long Time, Long Jump
I’ve been taking photographs for a long time. Here’s one from sixty years ago, taken when I was still at school in Halifax. Some ran, some jumped, and others held…
A Photo Of Time
It was such a long time ago. I look at the photograph now and search for myself. I find the hint of a look, the corner of a dream, and…
Looking Down
A few weeks ago, I mentioned that the view from Halifax, looking up the hillside towards the church of St Thomas on Claremount Road, is one that I have photographed…
