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Yes, It is Me
What finer representation of 1950s Britain can there be? It’s the summer holidays and the family’s annual week at the seaside (in this case, Bridlington in Yorkshire). The weather is such that plastic raincoats and heavy overcoats are standard issue. People sit on deck chairs and stare out at the grey, rain-soaked clouds. And the little boy smiles (yes, it is me)!
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South Yorkshire Allegory
This is a photograph I took at a Yorkshire Miners’ Gala parade in the early 1980s. Given everything that’s going on at the moment, I suppose you could say it’s allegorical -…
Postcard Law
There should be a law stating that everyone has to send a picture postcard full of idle chitchat at least once a year. Forget your WhatsApps and your Emails, I’m talking about…
The Churchyard
I’ve chosen to caption this photograph, somewhat provisionally, as “The Churchyard”, because I can’t remember which churchyard I was in when I took it. The photographs next to it on the strip…
Brighouse Fantasy
Did you ever get the feeling that you want to escape from the real world, with all its frightening developments and bizarre characters? Do you want to flee into a…
Elland Power
Looking back at this photograph, which I took nearly half a century ago from Blackley Road and looking down over Elland, I’m reminded of how the power station used to…
Britannia’s Leafy Crown
It’s a photograph I have taken time and time again over the last half century: Britannia sitting atop her eponymous buildings in Elland. During the 1970s and 80s, the scene…
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