As far as I can tell, the photograph features my father's Aunt Rose-Ellen (left) and her daughter, Ivy. The elderly couple are Rose-Ellen's parents, Mary and Stephen Lane, and I suspect the location of this wonderful tea party would have been opposite their house in Bradford. It's a perfect treasure of a photograph which deserves … Continue reading 13 March 2024
Month: March 2024
18/1001 : Fake Views
As someone said recently, us amateur photographers do like to mess with our photographs. This is a photo I took back in 1982 in the beautiful British Virgin Islands and messed with forty years later. There's not a misaligned sleeve in sight!
One Image, Two Stories
One image telling two stories. The top half - the banner - reminds us of the fact that there were times when people were proud of political achievements, a time when the welfare state was something to be paraded through the streets as a badge of social honour. The lower part of the picture is … Continue reading One Image, Two Stories
Spot The Era
Some aspects of the scene are unchanged today - most of the physical buildings remain. There has, however, been a change of mood, something almost imperceptible that says this is 40 years ago and not today. It could be the genesis of a new game - Spot The Era
Paper Hanging
Some people read the paper, some try and understand the meaning of life, George II and Elvis Presley both died there .... and photographers look for shapes and patterns and textures.
Well Done That Town
The shop names and the shape of the cars may be different, and flat caps and plastic rain hoods abound; but the scene is still recognisable. In many places, the modern equivalent would be a pale shadow of commercial enterprise, but not Brighouse. Well done!
Gladys In The Garden
It's Mother's Day, so who else but my mother, Gladys. This photograph will have been taken sometime around 1953, just after we had moved to Northowram. I would have been about five at the time. What memories, Mam.
The Stealthy Hebble
The Hebble Brook stealths its way through the bottom end of town - sometimes overground, sometimes underground, usually hidden. When it does break the surface it adds curves and fluidity to a perpendicular landscape.
The Chauffeur
It's said that early photographers were accused of stealing people's souls when they took photographs of them. This, of course, is nonsense as we all know that it is 5G masts and modern vaccines that steal souls. It never ceases to amaze me, however, that for a few pence you can buy an old photo … Continue reading The Chauffeur
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