Welcome to the Website of Alan Burnett: writer, blogger, collector of old photographs, and devotee of all things pointless and inconsequential.
Standing On The Edge
It seems so long ago – almost another age. The colours and styles may have changed, but then, as now, we stood on the edge and looked out.
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Bare Beacon
When I look back at the pictures I took of Halifax in the 1960s and ’70s – the town I have always considered home – several things stand out. The town had…
Good Taste
Sitting in a restaurant, whiling away the time while the others enjoyed their starters, I began playing with the reflections of the bottles behind the bar. Within a handful of seconds, my…
St Thomas And The Gasworks (Again)
This is another of those scenes I kept returning to in the 1960s, and I have several versions of it in my negative archive. Perhaps it was fortunate that I did my…
Here For The Day
This week, our weekly picture-postcard puzzle takes us to the United States. It is April 1906, and the writer simply tells us that his hand is still improving and that…
Shapes, Shades, And Stories
Sometimes you simply go somewhere and take photographs – no theme, no agenda, no expectations. As a record of a day out, it works better than any 5,000-word essay: shapes,…
Enjoy The View
I wish I could remember taking this photograph, but I can’t; after all, it was a long time ago. I must have been up Clifton way, looking down over the…
