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Yorkshire Imperialism
I don’t know which hillside it was. I remember taking the photograph whilst on the Settle to Carlisle line, so there is just a chance that it might even by a Lancashire hillside. It feels like Yorkshire however, in fact, I hereby claim it as part of Yorkshire (I learnt that trick from a chap in America!).
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Five Girls And A Kodak
The Sepia Saturday theme this week is old photos of even older photographers, and searching through my extensive (if my wife reads this, I mean very small) collection, I found this 1920s…
From The Archives
I’ve always had a fondness for old newspapers: give me a half-comfy chair and a pile of old newspapers, and I’m a happy man. If I can’t get my hands…
More Shapes
Some shapes are instantly identifiable: the distant sweep of the moor-lined hills and the grand lines of a dye-works chimney that had ideas above its industrial station. The whole scene…
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