It's Week 2 of my "1001 Photos I Took Before I Died" series, and where better to start than the iconic Dean Clough in Halifax. Smoke, steam, muck and noise: the hashtags of mid twentieth century Halifax.
Month: February 2024
Frost And Fog In Fixby
Frost and fog in Fixby. The mist gradually leaches the colour away leaving far fewer than fifty shades of grey.
Reflections On A Javelin
In these days of global production chains and robotised manufacturing, it is difficult to believe that there once was a car manufacturing factory on the outskirts of Bradford. For a brief period of time, about 75 years ago, the Jowett Javelin was the Tesla of its day. Now we reflect on its glory days in … Continue reading Reflections On A Javelin
George
I've no idea who George was. His photograph was part of a batch of family photos collected by my father's cousin Ivy and then eventually passed down to me. Whoever he was, he was a handsome fellow. It is the photograph, however, which is the star here, a photograph that must be the best part … Continue reading George
Market Street, Halifax
Market Street, Halifax : A rare colour photo of mine from the 1960s (I couldn't normally afford colour film and processing). Zoom in and you can rediscover long-forgotten shops and long-demolished buildings. And the man in the bottom right corner deserves a photograph of his own.
A Yorkshire Face
This is a small detail from a photo I took on Market Street, Halifax almost sixty years ago. The main photo is a colourful mixture of social history and nostalgia. However interesting the old shops and ancient cars are, my eye is always drawn to the man walking along the street - a mere detail … Continue reading A Yorkshire Face
Birds And Buildings
BIRDS AND BUILDINGS Halifax Building, Trinity Road, Halifax. 2018 Halifax has its fair share of Gothic arches and Victorian pediments and your senses can be well and truly stuffed. Occasionally, however, you need an architectural palette-cleanser, something to sharpen your senses
Looking Out On Edinburgh
Photography always works best when its a two-stage process. Back in the old days you would take photos and then days or weeks later rediscover the images after the film was processed. These days, with digital images, it is often best to return to images months or years after they were taken. This picture was … Continue reading Looking Out On Edinburgh
Bracing Isolation
BRACING ISOLATION, Skegness Pier, 1984 Take the famous bracing fresh air of Skegness on the east coast and add the splendid isolation of almost unlimited space, not to mention the remains of a pier that has the look of an extra in a sci-fi movie. (No 3 of my 1001 Photos Project)
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