This is how I remember Princess Street in Halifax. There was a degree of sophistication about the street; it was Halifax's answer to Knightsbridge. There were shops with exotic names and a hotel with AA rosettes. There were women with fur stoles and men wearing trilby hats. There were chrome headlights on black cars and … Continue reading Fur Stoles And Soot-Black Buildings
Day: September 18, 2024
Questions From The Big Album
Another of the photos from that "Big Album" I bought a couple of months ago. This, like so many of the photos, is almost like a still from a movie, a plot half resolved, a story waiting to be fully told. Who is the man looking on from the back, what is he holding in … Continue reading Questions From The Big Album
Mills And Flats
There was a time when the mills were being abandoned and demolished, and new blocks of flats were built in their place. I must have taken this photograph 50 years ago at a time when Halifax was in transition. These days, the high-rise flats are being abandoned, and whatever mills remain are converted into housing. … Continue reading Mills And Flats
A Fibrous Forest
As a young man I briefly had a beard. Sadly, it never flourished and it resembled more of a mossy outcrop rather than the fibrous forest attached to the chin of the Victorian gent featured in this Carte-de-visite from my collection which dates from the 1870s
Inconsequential Photographs
You can't beat inconsequential photographs: photos without any great meaning or purpose. You can wander around them at leisure, stopping off to look at half a car here or a faded billboard there. You can ask questions without the need of answers - what is that train doing in the middle of the road? Uncle … Continue reading Inconsequential Photographs
Friday The 13th
If you want something to take your mind off the fact that it is Friday the 13th, and if you are familiar with Halifax, you can try and work out when this picture was taken. You can make use of all the usual clues: the degree of forestation on Beacon Hill, the absence of cooling … Continue reading Friday The 13th
ILOVEOLDPHOTOS
This is another scan from the "Big Album" of prints from an unknown German photographer and dating from the mid-1920s. If I continue scanning and sharing these photos at my current rate, I estimate I should have worked my way through the entire album by Easter 2027. #iloveoldphotos
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