Welcome to the Website of Alan Burnett: writer, blogger, collector of old photographs, and devotee of all things pointless and inconsequential.
Tired Pinks And Sooty Greens
The view looking back up the Calder Valley from the top of Long Wall, Elland provides all the sensuous curves demanded by even the most obsessive nineteenth century French Impressionist. And that palette of tired pinks and sooty greens perfectly suits this land we call home. The image is a result of my favourite occupation: just messing about.
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Stone Slates And Chimney Pots
This was the previous generation: the generation of stone slates and chimney pots, when harsh grey smoke drifted up to merge with a wet grey sky. It was bad for us -…
Looking Down
The photograph is one of dozens I’ve taken of Halifax from the top of Beacon Hill over the years. This particular one dates from the early 1970s. Sometimes, however, I’d been blessed…
Rainy Days
You expect rain in Manchester. When I was there last week it rained from the moment I got off the train until the moment I stepped back on the train…
Liverpool!
This is a wonderful photograph – so much more eloquent than the usual smiling-face mugshot. That’s my mother pointing, my brother Roger digging in the sand, and me looking attentively…
Fishy Shapes
Like a cross between Halloween-costumed children and monsters auditioning for Doctor Who, these smokestacks dominated the skyline at Grimsby Fish Docks 40 or 50 years ago. I visited the docks whenever…
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