Thornton Square, Brighouse c. 1966 What else is there to do? Once you have taken a photograph looking down Briggate in Brighouse, the obvious thing to do is to walk to the other end of the street and take a photograph looking up Briggate. As with so many of the photos I took over fifty … Continue reading The View From The Other Side
Year: 2020
Life Before Wilko
Briggate, Brighouse c. 1966 This is a photograph I took of Briggate in Brighouse over half a century ago. It seems like only yesterday, but the fact that the right hand side of the street no longer exists proves that it was a lot of yesterdays ago. This was Brighouse before Wilko, before Tesco, before … Continue reading Life Before Wilko
The Caryatids Of Ossett
With the iron grill of travel restrictions falling faster than the time it takes to flick through a glossy travel brochure, one is left wondering where to go for that little romantic break. Versailles is iffy, Venice is to be avoided and Athens is a risk too far. So what better way to spend a … Continue reading The Caryatids Of Ossett
Come Back Soon
COMMERCIAL STREET, BRIGHOUSE (c1968) This is a photograph I took in the 1960s of Commercial Street, Brighouse. Looking at it again as it emerges from the negative scanning machine, I am struck by the changes. Not the physical changes - the buildings are just about the same as they were fifty years ago; Brighouse has … Continue reading Come Back Soon
A Snowy Night In Sheffield
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
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
Adding A Little Colour To The Family Tree
You know what it's like. It's late. You've been scanning some old family photographs. You're tired, but not quite ready for bed just yet. And anyway, there are a still a couple of millimetres of that 10 year old Laphroaig left in the glass. It would be a shame to rush it. It's important to … Continue reading Adding A Little Colour To The Family Tree
Steps.Stone.Shadows
I took this photograph of the stone steps leading up the side of Godley Bridge in Halifax only yesterday. It was just after I had taken a picture of Beacon Hill and discovered that the What3Words geotag for that location was "submit.steep.spots". When I looked at my photo of the steps later, I so wanted … Continue reading Steps.Stone.Shadows
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