Month: November 2025

A Pint In Paris

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

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

Plastic Skittle

Ask me for one of my most endearing visual memories of Halifax in the 1960s and 70s and I’d say the 14 foot high plastic bowling pin that graced the top of the Halifax Bowl at the junction of Broad Street and Orange Street. It seems like it was one of the most permanent features … Continue reading Plastic Skittle

Van Gogh In Thurgoland

We took a walk down this footpath last week, and there was something almost Van Goghian about the scene. When I got home, I asked my mate AI to translate my photo, and my thoughts, into a new reality, and this is what it came up with.

A Sepia Milestone

Sixteen years ago, as a bit of a joke, I started a on-line weekly forum for sharing old photographs called Sepia Saturday. Over the years, it has brought together people from all over the world who love to share old photographs from their collections. This week is our 800th Sepia Saturday, and my contribution is … Continue reading A Sepia Milestone

Solace In Skeggy

This has always been one of my favourite photographs of the East Coast. I took it in the early 1980s at a time when I was struggling with the gradual loss of my hearing. For whatever reason, those empty skies and forsaken piers seemed to suit my mood at the time. Somewhat strangely, I found … Continue reading Solace In Skeggy

Autumn By Gravity

This little collage of Autumnal fruit and leaves was created by nothing other than gravity (not that I am suggesting that gravity is an insignificant force; it's up there with love and malt whisky in my estimation). It featured in an exhibition held on the driveway of the local crematorium. Well worth a visit.

Remember?

I may well remember, remember the fifth of November, but, for the life of me, I can't quite remember where I took this photograph. In my defence, I could add that it was almost sixty years ago and the building was on its last legs then. I have a feeling it was on the hillside … Continue reading Remember?

Picture Window

One of the windows at Cannon Hall in Barnsley had a mesh screen on it. It did interesting things to the shapes. The window frame became a picture frame. The exhibition inside became a viewing platform for the exhibition outside.