Although I took this photograph over forty years ago, not all that much has changed in the intervening years. The signage on the Shears Inn has changed, along with the chimney pots, and there is a good deal more vegetation around these days. It is, however, still worth wandering down from Halifax town centre to … Continue reading A Pint In Paris
Day: November 11, 2025
The Grocer Of Mirfield
I bought this old Victorian studio portrait by the Huddersfield photographer William Sellman for a few pence from a second-hand stall. A written caption identified the sitter as the delightfully named Booth Denton, who turns out to have been a prominent grocer from Mirfield, a couple of miles down the road from where I live. … Continue reading The Grocer Of Mirfield
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