A series of five photographs from a recently scanned strip of negatives. They date from my time living in Sheffield in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Something about the grain of the images and the grittiness of the off-white snow seems to fit in with my memory of the times. There really should be … Continue reading A Snowy Night In Sheffield
Day: August 6, 2020
Anti-Vaxxers Take To The Streets Of Wyke
I have been cranking up the random news generator again, and today it has taken me back to the 6th August 1887, and a report in the pages of the Brighouse Echo which, once again, proves that there is little new happening in the world. It tells the case of a certain Sam Kellet, a … Continue reading Anti-Vaxxers Take To The Streets Of Wyke
Layer Upon Layer
I took these two photographs when I was living in Sheffield in the early 1980s. In trying to work out where they were taken from, there are some obvious clues. With the help of maps and archives, I was able to pin down where the Morning Star Patent Flour mill was, and I was able … Continue reading Layer Upon Layer
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