Burdock Way, Halifax Under Construction, 1971 : Alan Burnett (B11/4b) I have always thought that there is something sensuous about the lines of Burdock Way as it strides over the Hebble Valley. To achieve that with nothing but poured concrete and steel mesh is civil engineering at its best.
Year: 2019
When Soot Still Fused With Stone
Dean Clough From North Bridge, Halifax (1971) : One of my photographs from the days when smoke came out of chimneys, when soot fused with stone, when carpets still rolled off looms.
The Blue Skies And Mustard Streets Of Brighouse
There is a modern passion for "colourising" old monochrome photographs and films, and when this is skilfully done, it can provide a more accurate link to the past. Reproducing scenes in various shades of grey was simply a short interlude in our visual history - imposed by the technical limitations of early photographic techniques. Neither … Continue reading The Blue Skies And Mustard Streets Of Brighouse
Photos Of The Day
Floating Umbrellas, Centenary Square, Bradford Karaoke Singer, Rock Tavern, Elland Castle Hill, Huddersfield Crystal Peaks Market, Sheffield
Storm Clouds Over Livorno
Extract From A Holiday Diary:We arrived early in the morning at Livorno to be greeted by a storm of epic proportions. It was rather like the God Vulcan tossing thunderbolts at his mate Jupiter, whilst Persephone had a screaming fit because someone had trodden on her toe. Nero and Augustus would have cringed in the … Continue reading Storm Clouds Over Livorno
Here And There
Over the next week or so I will be here, there and everywhere, and the best I can do is to provide a daily record of where I have been and what I have seen. We start close to home - but as the days go by the locations are due to get rather more … Continue reading Here And There
What A Picture
Where I got this old photograph of the staff of the Manchester Hotel in Bournemouth at their Staff Ball on the 1st January 1921, I have no idea. But what a picture it is, what a story it has to tell.
Picture Post : 25 August – 1 September 2019
Sunny Afternoon Church Street in Honley, near Huddersfield, on a rare sunny afternoon. Thistle Floss Thistle Floss, Bradley Road. Just waiting for the slightest of breezes to send it on its way.
Picture The Scene If You Will
Picture the scene if you will. It is the summer of 1588 and Britain faces the threat of naval defeat and invasion as an armada of Spanish ships sails up the English Channel and an army of 30,000 soldiers wait in the Netherlands to capitalise on the expected defeat of the British Navy. The British … Continue reading Picture The Scene If You Will
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