Second Hand Shop, Prescott Street, Halifax : Alan Burnett (2015) There is a delightful serendipity about the objects that end up in the window of a second hand shop. All human life is there - available at a bargain price.
Month: August 2019
On The Way To The Rock
The Calder Valley From Upper Edge, Elland - Alan Burnett (And Photoshop!) The Calder Valley seen at its very best - on the way to the pub!
Pots
Pot House Hamlet, Silkstone Pot House Hamlet is the site of a 17th Century glassworks and an 18th Century pottery just outside the village of Silkstone. Today it is the home of a charming collection of shops and a restaurant.
Hopes Still In Place
Yorkshire Miners Gala, Doncaster, 1982 : Alan Burnett The Yorkshire Miner's Gala parade through Doncaster in 1982, a couple of years before the famous Miners' Strike. The faces are still confident, the hopes still in place.
A Farewell To Rhodes Street
According to my records - which are about as accurate as a Prime Minister's promise - I took this photograph of Rhodes Street, Halifax in 1973. To me that sounds like only yesterday, but I suppose it is history. It is the year that I moved to London, and the walk down Gibbet Street might … Continue reading A Farewell To Rhodes Street
A Pint At The Shibden Mill Inn
POSTCARDS FROM HOME : Shibden Mill Inn & Lake There are few pleasanter spots to enjoy a pint of beer on a summers' evening than the Shibden Mill Inn, and that has been the case for the best part of two hundred years. This particular postcard dates from the early part of the twentieth century … Continue reading A Pint At The Shibden Mill Inn
Happy Valley
Picture Post : Terrace In Halifax
A Bottle, A Radio And A Map Of Latvia
A photograph of unknown origins, subject and date - a true "Picture From Nowhere". Two men in suits, just the hint of a bottle, a radio of certain antiquity, and a map of Latvia pinned to the wall. What in earth is the back story?
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