I must have taken this photograph sometime between 1963 and 1966: the first date being the release date of that memorable cinema classic, The Girl Hunters, the second being when they converted the cinema into a Bingo Hall. I can just about recall going to the cinema on a few occasions - the double seats on … Continue reading A Royal Tragedy
Year: 2021
My Love
She tends not to look at Facebook or Twitter until the evening, so for the entirety of today she will believe that I have forgotten to send her a Valentine's Day card. But how could I forget? I love her now just has much as I did when these photographs were taken over half a … Continue reading My Love
‘Tis Folly To Be Cold
We took a walk in the park yesterday. The park in question was Shaw Park in Holywell Green, near Halifax (No. 46 in "The Forgotten Parks of Yorkshire", which is a book I have yet to write). It was one of the coldest days of the year, but even the icy blast coming straight down … Continue reading ‘Tis Folly To Be Cold
The Dreams Of Youth
My calendar today features two photographs of me from sixty-odd years ago, both of which celebrate those dreams of youth that somehow get lost in the process of living. This first photograph was taken in the field just behind our house in Northowram. It was an empty field undergoing a lengthy transition between stone quarry … Continue reading The Dreams Of Youth
Somewhere In Sheffield
Today's calendar photograph is somewhere in Sheffield. Or rather, it was somewhere in Sheffield forty years ago when I took the photograph. Whether it is still there remains to be seen, and whether we will see or not depends on my two friends F&K who like the challenge of trying to spot where my old … Continue reading Somewhere In Sheffield
Slow Train Of Thought From Huddersfield
Someone asked me the other day whether I would ever run out of photos for this Daily Calendar project. I have just checked my Lightroom Catalogue and there are 74, 436 photographs on there. At the rate of one a day, that should last me a further 204 years, which would seem adequate if not … Continue reading Slow Train Of Thought From Huddersfield
The Brighouse Skyline
Oh you can keep your Rio de Janeiro with its Corcovada Peak, you can forget your sandy Dubai and its boastful Burj Khalifa, you can even pickle your New York City along with its Empire States: I always say that if you want a truly memorable skyline, come to Brighouse. The Sugden's Flour Mill, the … Continue reading The Brighouse Skyline
The Socialist Matrons Of Brighouse
Someone was saying to me the other day that they had just been to a Labour Party meeting (virtually, of course) and it had seemed terribly old fashioned - like something from the nineteen seventies. That's nothing, said I in the way only annoying old men can, when I was a lad, Labour Party meetings … Continue reading The Socialist Matrons Of Brighouse
Bangor And Doom Bar
On old photograph of some even older rooftops in Bangor, Gwynedd. Reimagined during a spare lockdown evening with the aid of a pint of Doom Bar Amber Ale and some new Photoshop filters.
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