Day: February 25, 2024

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)

Gladys By The Sea

My mother, Gladys, at the seaside over 90 years ago. A moment in time, but a moment that joins together a known history and a shared future. I’ve added a drop of colour, she’d have liked that.

St Thomas And The Gasworks

St Thomas And The Gas Works. Halifax, 1966 (The 2nd of my "1001 Photos" Project) I remember being mesmerised by the view of St Thomas’s, Claremount, framed within the complex structures of Halifax Gas Works. I would take a photograph almost every time I passed along Bank Bottom.