Month: August 2025

Raw Beauty

I thought a novel way of displaying this unique and priceless diamond necklace was to place it on top of a bush in our front garden. As I suspected, the beauty of the diamonds is perfectly offset by the raw simplicity of the foliage. Nature could never create anything as spectacular as this!

Spot The Nostalgia

This is a photograph of Bradford Road in Brighouse that I took back in the 1960s (back in the days when camera shutter speeds were too slow to freeze a passing wagon). Think of it as an exercise in nostalgia; a wistful version of Spot the Ball where you have to mark things that are … Continue reading Spot The Nostalgia

Andermatt 1924/25

Before you ask, let me say, I have no idea what is going on here. That, however, is the essence - and indeed, the joy - of collecting old and unwanted photographs. The only clue is a caption: "Andermatt 1924/25". Think of that as the film title, the photograph a still from the movie, and … Continue reading Andermatt 1924/25

Monumental Beer

I must have taken this photograph of the Old Lane Inn, Halifax, in the mid-1960s, by which time it had already closed. It briefly came back to life as Dicky Mints 20 years later, before closing again, and eventually, the building was demolished. The monumental bottle of beer painted on the gable wall should have … Continue reading Monumental Beer

Nice, Yorkshire

I took a photograph in Derbyshire the other day. It was nice, and I thought I might use it as a calendar image. I took a photograph in Yorkshire yesterday. It was nice, and it was Yorkshire. It's my calendar image.

Peeled Away By Time

This is one of those photos where I have to start drawing potential lines of sight in order to work out where I was standing (it was an awfully long time ago!). There's Whitaker's Brewery and there are (I think) the Albion Street flats. And there are numerous layers of industry, most of which have … Continue reading Peeled Away By Time

All In A Day – Shibden Hall

And so we get to the conclusion of our little, week-long mystery tour, and the answer is, of course, Shibden Hall in Halifax. All the previous six photographs were taken there during the course of a recent visit there. Most people from these parts will be familiar with the timber-framed medieval manor house and its … Continue reading All In A Day – Shibden Hall

All In A Day 6: Diary

All In A Day: 6. Diary. One Final Clue - "Charles and James Howarth moved Adney‘s mahogany wardrobe and my large mahogany chest of drawers into tent room as also my paper drawers and oak cupboard – moved Adney’s 2 mahogany bureaus into the north parlour (north dining room) – busy with the moving till 12 50" (Wednesday 1st October 1834)

All In A Day: 5. Masonry

All In A Day: 5. Masonry. "Near this place lieth interred the body of Charles, the son of Joseph Woodhead of Shelfehall who died February 28th 1728 aged 19 years and six weeks" No, it doesn't!