This is Fred and Hazel walking along the promenade in August 1932 (there are people out there who will recognise which promenade it is, and - in the great traditions of the internet - will tell me). George V has just opened Lambeth Bridge and Forrest Mars has just produced the first Mars Bar. Aldous … Continue reading 86 Years On The Prom
Year: 2018
Picture Post : Arthur Points The Way
This is a new scan of a negative I must have shot some thirty-seven years ago at a Yorkshire Miners' Gala in Rotherham. It was a few months before the start of the miners' strike, and there is Arthur Scargill pointing the way. Somehow it has turned itself into a sepia print - which is … Continue reading Picture Post : Arthur Points The Way
Perspire And Archive
Everybody these days seems to have a motto: some cheery little maxim that manages to condense the ethos of their organisations into a few meaningless words. On my way to the park the other day to walk the dog, I noticed that the local school was dedicated to "Aspire And Achieve" - which is a … Continue reading Perspire And Archive
Tragic Harry
This is a studio portrait, dating from 1913, of the German theatre and movie actor, Harry Walden. He was born in 1875 in Berlin and - following a period in the army - became an actor: first of all in the theatre and then from 1912 onwards in the German film industry. His end was … Continue reading Tragic Harry
Picture Post : Mud And Ripples
Scarborough Harbour (September 2018) Taken from Scarborough Harbour, looking south. The magnificent facade of the Grand Hotel can just be seen in the background above the masts.
A Dream And A Half
This 1908 Birn Brothers postcard - which arrived in my collection from who knows where - asks a perfectly reasonable question, and I have to say that the answer is an unequivocal "no". I did, however, dream the other night that they had turned my old school into a theme pub and - in attempting … Continue reading A Dream And A Half
From Your Old Friend
How this particular photograph found its way into my collection, I have no idea. I do, however, know who it is a photograph of, and that is George Grayham. We also know that George was an "old friend", as written on the back of the postcard sized print is "from an old friend, George Grayham". … Continue reading From Your Old Friend
Picture Post : The End Of The Line
The driver and fireman of the Scarborough Spa Express at the end of the line, Scarborough Station. Just time for a quick chat and a bite to eat, and then it's time to turn the engine around and head back west again.
Heading North To A Christmas Stocking Near You
Over the last few months I have featured a number of scans from an old photograph album I bought earlier this year which tells the story of a cruise to the Northern Capitals of Europe in 1925. I found this album by chance on an antique stall, and when I bought it for a few … Continue reading Heading North To A Christmas Stocking Near You
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