Welcome to the Website of Alan Burnett: writer, blogger, collector of old photographs, and devotee of all things pointless and inconsequential.
Busy Elland
I can’t be exact about the date, but I suspect it was around 1969 or 1970 when I took this photograph. It looks as though I was standing in the grounds of what later became the Barge and Barrel pub, but back then it would have still been the Station Hotel. My photograph captures a busy canal side with the town of Elland in the background.
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Stone Doubles
Isn’t AI wonderful? You can ask your favourite AI assistant to convert a selfie into a stone carving like the kind found on the walls of a medieval church. Alternatively, you can…
Wedding Bells
I am attending a wedding this weekend, and I have dusted off my camera so that I can take photographs of what will be a splendid family occasion. It will continue a…
History Preserved
My photograph dates back to the 1960s and shows the Mobil petrol station on Winding Road, Halifax. The garage was built on the site of the Old Crispin Inn, which…
Sowerby Bridge Station
I must confess that I don’t remember the old Sowerby Bridge Station, although I’m sure I must have seen it before it burned down in the late 1970s. If this…
Cut And Paste
I created this image of Halifax back in 2018, so it is definitely pre-artificial intelligence. Perhaps it’s artificial pseudo-intelligence, as it was created by repeatedly pressing Photoshop buttons without any…
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