“This will make a memorable picture” they probably all thought as the shutter shut. And it did: ninety years later people still look at it and think, what long legs he had!

The scene is still fairly easily recognisable for those who know Brighouse: the point where King Street become Commercial Street. The George is still going and most of the buildings on the top side of Commercial Street are the same. The shop blinds, the hand cart and the gas lights are long gone, but Brighouse … Continue reading Commercial Street, Brighouse