Welcome to the Website of Alan Burnett: writer, blogger, collector of old photographs, and devotee of all things pointless and inconsequential.
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 very selective about which photographs I ever printed off, and, to the best of my knowledge, this particular photo has not seen the light of day before today.
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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 photos, not…
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…
Ivy And The Celebrity Ladies Orchestra
When I was young, my Auntie Annie would tell me tales of her cousin Ivy, who played in an all-women’s band. I never met Ivy, and her side of the…
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