Year: 2019

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

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?

A Halifax Roof

I'm not sure exactly where or when I took this photo, but - this is a Halifax roof. Unconventional, different, with a twisted sense of humour. Well-worn, hard worked - but as strong as a stone quarry.

Back To The Past At Coley

COLEY HALL (Back View)Vintage Postcard (1920s) Unused It is many years since I first walked down Coley Lane and caught sight of Coley Hall. Memories from those days have already turned sepia, and therefore discovering this old picture postcard of the rear of the Hall, seems somehow appropriate. These days the Hall looks very smart, … Continue reading Back To The Past At Coley