Welcome to the Website of Alan Burnett: writer, blogger, collector of old photographs, and devotee of all things pointless and inconsequential.
Smokescreen
A photograph of mine from back in the days when smoke and steam swept through the ginnels and industrial waste dyed the becks and brooks. It was taken from Old Lane in Halifax, looking towards the then-mighty Crossley’s Carpets Mill. Most of the buildings still exist – the smoke and the steam are long gone.
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Under The Tram-Lines
I’m quite fond of this photo of mine – fond of the combination of brutal straight lines and sensuous curves, and fond of the way your eye is taken on a tram-ride…
Let’s Face It, AI
AI-driven image restoration programmes are undoubtedly getting more sophisticated, and their use is clearly much more widespread than in the past. However, I still have reservations about how they treat faces. That…
Industrial Memories
My less-than-comprehensive negative filing system has this one listed as “Industry, Sheffield, 1980”. I have a vague memory of taking the photograph, so I shall call it “Industrial Memories”. I like a…
Pub Of The Week – MacSorley’s, Glasgow
This week, my selfless and altruistic campaign to keep the great British pub in business took me north across the border to Glasgow. It was, of course, necessary to sample…
In Search Of Art
There sometimes comes a point when old photographs become more than just a historical record or a family memory and instead blossom into works of art in their own right.…
Glasgow Days
Some years ago, I acquired a small collection of glass negatives – photographs taken in and around Glasgow between the early 1920s and the mid-1930s. Today’s image comes from that…
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