Welcome to the Website of Alan Burnett: writer, blogger, collector of old photographs, and devotee of all things pointless and inconsequential.
Lest we Forget
Lest we forget the days when images were chemical stains on translucent cellulose acetate, and photographic imagination was limited by the number of frames left on a roll of film. This week, I am limiting myself to a single strip of six negatives, all exposed around Halifax some forty years ago. The first image is, as far as I can remember, of Oats Royd Mill in Luddenden, taken before it was badly damaged by fire in 1989.
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What Goes Around ….
My postcard this week takes us back to a time when political cartoons were considered suitable content for picture postcards. It also takes us back to 1903–04, when the idea of free…
Friendly Fire
For the past 848 weeks, Sepia Saturday has offered themes that allow lovers of old photographs from around the world to share their favourite images. This month’s themes are working their way…
The Mist Of Time
Those who know the town of Brighouse can have fun with this picture – which I must have taken sixty or so years ago – trying to work out where I took…
Standing On The Edge
It seems so long ago – almost another age. The colours and styles may have changed, but then, as now, we stood on the edge and looked out.
Bare Beacon
When I look back at the pictures I took of Halifax in the 1960s and ’70s – the town I have always considered home – several things stand out. The…
Good Taste
Sitting in a restaurant, whiling away the time while the others enjoyed their starters, I began playing with the reflections of the bottles behind the bar. Within a handful of…
