Viggormalt – Good Health My Dear

Pure beer at only one penny a pint! Who could resist it? What this 1939 advert - from a vintage copy of Picture Post - fails to tell us however is whether or not there is any trace of alcohol in the stuff. Nevertheless, I would be tempted to send of for a tin and … Continue reading Viggormalt – Good Health My Dear

Red Telefonica : Spain

A scan of a real photographic vintage postcard of a small town in Galicia, North-East Spain. The title translates somewhat prosaically as "Telephone Network and Station Street, Villagarcia de Arosa". It dates from the early twentieth century when modern features such as telephone exchanges and railway stations were the benchmark of municipal pride.

Pulling Pints And Grooming Horses

Until It Was Far Too Late

Albert Burnett (1927)

Hotel Picardy (1938)

Halifax (1970s)

A strip of five negatives dating back to the late 1970s or perhaps early 1980s. The first two were taken in or around one of the concrete underpasses that were springing up at the time around Halifax. The last three shots were taken in St James Road looking towards the centre of town and the … Continue reading Halifax (1970s)

Raymond And Edie In Scratchy Sepia

A new scan of an old family photograph which shows Raymond and Edith Berry in - at a guess - 1950 or so. You only get railings like that at the seaside, so it is likely to be the North Wales coast.