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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 good chimney, whether it be a West Yorkshire mill or a South Yorkshire chemical works. Give me a good chimney and a bit of smoke, and I’ll take a picture.
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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 a good…
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. Sometimes this…
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 collection and…
Shoulder Of Mutton
In a single handed attempt to save the fortunes of that threatened institution, the British Pub, I have decided to embark on a series of visits to public houses. Where…
Memory Road
This is a scene I am so familiar with that I can almost physically feel its presence just by looking at a photograph. And it doesn’t matter that it was…
A Grand Place
I started the week in Anglesey, and today’s picture is from that time. So many things seemed to come together, to merge together and to mix together: winter and spring,…
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