Amputation

Skegness Pier (1982)

You Can See The Teeth Marks

Another photograph of Halifax, and, almost inevitably, another photograph featuring Beacon Hill. Taking a photograph of Halifax without Beacon Hill is a bit like taking a picture of Blackpool without its tower or Hollywood without its sign. I must have taken this photograph from King Street, from the same position I took the photo of … Continue reading You Can See The Teeth Marks

Just What The Doctors Ordered

Just as I was feeling the weight of another lockdown falling on my shoulders, just as I looked in my beer fridge and found it as empty as a Boris promise, just as I contemplated despair as the only destination I would be visiting in this season of goodwill, there was a knock at the … Continue reading Just What The Doctors Ordered

Expression

Fairground Decoration, Kelham Island, Sheffield. 1 December 2012

Halifax In The Swinging Sixties

This wasn't a particularly good photograph in the first place: the focus could have been better, the composition would win no prizes. For the best part of 54 years it has been hidden away in my negative files, slowly collecting dust and fading into a relatively well-earned obscurity. There is, however, an inverse square law with … Continue reading Halifax In The Swinging Sixties

Watching Over Elland

There are some scenes I return to again and again: photographs I have been taking for fifty years. One such is the statue of Britannia which overlooks Elland Bridge from her elevated position on the roof of the former premises of the Halifax and Huddersfield Banking Company. Sometimes I try and capture her in an … Continue reading Watching Over Elland