Welcome to the Website of Alan Burnett: writer, blogger, collector of old photographs, and devotee of all things pointless and inconsequential.
A Pint, A Course And A Castle
I will always have fond memories of Wentworth Castle near Barnsley, back in the 1980s when Northern College was first established there under the legendary Michael Barratt Brown. Many are the conferences I’ve attended there, many the courses I’ve taught there, many the pints I’ve enjoyed in the bar there or the nearby Strafford Arms.
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The Light Of Day
This is a photograph of mine from the late 1970s of St Peter’s Square in Manchester. It dates back to the period when limitations on time and money meant that I was…
Tram Shelter On Broadway
Back in the first decade of the twentieth century, picture postcards were the Facebook Posts of their day, and an almost endless supply of images was created so they could have messages…
Halifax From The Hill
I spend far too many hours messing around with Photoshop filters, but it keeps me out of mischief, and occasionally I come up with something that has added value as an image.…
The One On The Right Has It
As a photographer myself, I’ve always been fascinated by photographs of photographers. In the first place, there is a rarity value to them: we are the ones who take the…
Roads And Rain-mates
My photograph dates back to 1968, and although the original was in black and white (I couldn’t afford colour film back in those days), I’ve added a touch of colour…
The Nail Biter
This lady, along with a couple of cherubs, can be found in a corner of one of the rooms in Bankfield Museum, Halifax. I visited her the other day, had…
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