Welcome to the Website of Alan Burnett: writer, blogger, collector of old photographs, and devotee of all things pointless and inconsequential.
A Town In Transition
My photograph of Halifax dates from the early 1970s and shows the town during a time of transition. Centre stage is the Homfray carpet mill (although by then it had become part of the Riding Hall Carpet Group), which ceased production not long after the picture was taken and was demolished by the start of the next decade. You can also see the course of the old railway line to Queensbury and the two power station cooling towers.
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A Contented Pig
I met this splendid fellow yesterday during a visit to the Pigs In The Wood Animal Sanctuary in Scissett, Huddersfield. When I asked him to smile for the camera, he delivered a…
The Celebration
This photo has been in that suitcase of memories I call the “family archives” for as long as I can remember, and I always assumed the cake was celebrating the birthday of…
Revealing Dress
You can have great fun with artificial intelligence by asking it to transform a familiar picture of your favourite relative into an image of a 19th century Victorian gentleman – or whatever…
Long And Winding Path
It’s the end of the month, and here is a path leading somewhere – but who knows where? Whilst this is true in a literal sense (I have no idea…
Dirty Old Town
I frequently met my love by these gas works walls; they were opposite the carpet mill where I was working at the time. Around then, I may have walked a…
The Maid And The Watchers
This photograph, which I suspect dates from the 1920s, was in an old album I bought on eBay. The first thing to capture your attention is the maid, enjoying a…
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