Welcome to the Website of Alan Burnett: writer, blogger, collector of old photographs, and devotee of all things pointless and inconsequential.
Looming Technology
At some stage during lockdown, the Old Gits Luncheon Club – an ancient and distinguished organisation I am proud to be a member of – decided that a process of continual…
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Foresight And Tramlines – Shelter From The Coming Storm
SHELTERS FOR AN EMERGENCY : Coun E Wrigglesworth of Hill Side, Park Field, Triangle (who attracted wide notice when he built his own house of concrete blocks some years ago)…
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It Is Doubtful How Long Peace May Be Preserved
The chance discovery of an illustration in an old newspaper, brings to light a troubled time in the history of Halifax. The illustration – Scene at North Bridge, Halifax -…
Magical Moments In The Digital Developing Dish
When I fell in love with photography sixty years ago, one of the great delights was that magic moment when a print would slowly emerge in the darkroom developing dish.…
DAYS : Snow, Light And With Love From Mary
Weighed Down By The Weather: Occasionally the weather likes to remind you that, whatever plans you have, whatever places you need to go, it can over-rule the lot. It might…
First Cousin To A Forgotten Memory
The advent of artificial intelligence driven photographic software means that we can now all play around with colouring the past. Such experiments have differing levels of success: sometimes we get…
Dear Daley, Not!
I bought this old picture postcard of Elm Cottages which still stand on Bradford Road between Brighouse and Bailiff Bridge because of the subject matter. The photograph captures landscape I am very familiar with,…
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