Brighouse Basin
BRIGHOUSE CANAL BASIN : Scan of an original negative (c. 1994)
BRIGHOUSE CANAL BASIN : Scan of an original negative (c. 1994)
“But when at dusk with steaming nostrils home
They came, they seemed gigantic in the gloam” (Edwin Muir)
HORSES ON THE BEACH, EAST ANGLIA (c.1980) Scan of Original Negative
Everything is looking slightly tatty in this studio print from the early twentieth century. The backdrop is stained, the floor-covering is moth-eaten and the suit is creased. These were the days, however, when suits had to last half of a Sunday-best lifetime.
A simple skyline of shapes and curves, this was the Sheffield skyline in the late 1980s. (A rescan of one of my original negatives)
Souvenir postcard of a coach party visit to Land’s End, Cornwall, England. The date is clearly 1957, and the uniformed coach driver can be seen in the centre foreground.