Welcome to the Website of Alan Burnett: writer, blogger, collector of old photographs, and devotee of all things pointless and inconsequential.
Long Time, Long Jump
I’ve been taking photographs for a long time. Here’s one from sixty years ago, taken when I was still at school in Halifax. Some ran, some jumped, and others held the tape measure to see how far they had travelled. I just stood there and took photographs.
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A Photo Of Time
It was such a long time ago. I look at the photograph now and search for myself. I find the hint of a look, the corner of a dream, and the start…
Looking Down
A few weeks ago, I mentioned that the view from Halifax, looking up the hillside towards the church of St Thomas on Claremount Road, is one that I have photographed again and…
Bruges Bronze
This was among some photographs of mine from the late 1980s, and I must confess that I had completely forgotten what it was or where I had taken it. A…
Ghostly Double
This week, Sepia Saturday is celebrating Halloween with ghosts as its theme. In many ways, this is a suitable theme for lovers of old photographs, because so many early photos…
