Year: 2018

Berets And Frowns

The Picture Within 1 : Berets And Frowns THE PICTURE WITHIN 1. BERETS & FROWNS Within each good old photograph there generally is another good photograph waiting to get out. This is from a photograph from the Charles Gordon Palmer album which is captioned "Taken at the Garth - May 1934"

Wainhouse’s Iconic Tower

Ten From Halifax 1 : Wainhouse's Iconic Tower WAINHOUSE TOWER FROM ALBERT PROMENADE (2012) What better way to get this mini-series of images from Halifax, than one which incorporates one of the most iconic shapes of Halifax. Dyeworks chimney, spy-platform, radio transmitter, architectural folly: Wainhouse Tower has been all of these at one time or … Continue reading Wainhouse’s Iconic Tower

The Lost Frier Of Ball’s Pond Road

Lost Frier Of The Ball's Pond Road VICTORIAN CARTE DE VISITE : STUDIO OF R FRIER, LONDON An almost classic Victorian studio shot from the studios of a photographer called R Frier of Ball's Pond Road in North London. I have not been able to find anything about Mr Frier or his studio. It is … Continue reading The Lost Frier Of Ball’s Pond Road

Headscarves And Boiled Sweets

1698 : Ten From The Archives 10 : Headscarves And Boiled Sweets HALIFAX BOROUGH MARKET (c.1967) One of my early photographs - this one was taken in Halifax Market more than fifty years ago. It was an age of headscarves and handbags, biscuit boxes and boiled sweets.

The Stone Gods Of Southowram

1697 : Ten From The Archives 9 : The Stone Gods Of Southowram STONE FIELD DIVISIONS, SOUTHOWRAM (1975) Like monoliths placed in tribute to the stone gods that gave these parts their economic meaning for centuries, these fine flagstones have paved the finest cities in the world.  On the bleak hills of Southowram they are … Continue reading The Stone Gods Of Southowram

Coalman John

This photograph of my uncle, John Arthur Burnett (left), must have been taken in the late 1920s or early 1930s. By that time, John had served in the Great War in France, been taken prisoner by the Germans, been married and divorced. The vehicle looks like it might have belonged to a coal merchant. Such coal … Continue reading Coalman John

Rooftops In Sheffield

More shots from a strip of negatives from the early 1980s. We were living in Sheffield at the time and I think I took these photographs in the Campo Lane area of the city. It was back in the days that smoke still emerged from chimney pots.