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Roads And Rain-mates
My photograph dates back to 1968, and although the original was in black and white (I couldn’t afford colour film back in those days), I’ve added a touch of colour just for the fun of it. It shows Bradford Road in Brighouse before the days of the Ludenscheid Link, when wagons would race past Blakebrough’s Social Club and shoppers would protect their perms with plastic Rain-mates.
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The Nail Biter
This lady, along with a couple of cherubs, can be found in a corner of one of the rooms in Bankfield Museum, Halifax. I visited her the other day, had a chat,…
Ivy And The Celebrity Ladies Orchestra
When I was young, my Auntie Annie would tell me tales of her cousin Ivy, who played in an all-women’s band. I never met Ivy, and her side of the family remained…
When Markets Were Markets
This photograph comes from the same strip of negatives as the one I featured yesterday and, we now know – thanks to research by Paul Hartley and Michael Horsfield – was taken…
Time Extinguisher
I’ve tried to make up for the lack of a precise date on this photograph of mine by going back to the archives of the Milk Marketing Board to discover…
Domino Run
I took this photograph getting on for twenty years ago. It shows Cowcliffe Hill Road plunging down towards a suitably undefined Huddersfield. It’s that row of terraced houses that captures…
Skegness Rock
You can cut this picture up into a dozen pieces, and each one will have Skegness running through it. It will have a bracing wind blowing sand up from the…
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