And there goes another year, and with it another 365 daily calendar pictures that have taken us through 2025. And today's picture not only represents the 365th of the year, but also the 1,931st since I started this somewhat silly project back in the early days of Covid lockdown. Someone asked me the other day … Continue reading Why Not?
Month: December 2025
Salute The Happy Morn
As we edge our way towards 2026, I can do no better than to repeat the sentiments expressed in an advert produced by the Halifax brewery, Richard Whitaker & Sons, 100 years ago: "Good health throughout the coming year, with work enough to keep you happy, leisure just enough to keep you fit, and money … Continue reading Salute The Happy Morn
Up The Clocktower
I took these two photographs high up in the clock tower of the Crossley & Porter School, Halifax in the Spring of 1967. The first shows the workings of the clock itself; the second shows the view from the clock tower overlooking Albert Promenade. What I can't remember is whether it was an officially sanctioned … Continue reading Up The Clocktower
Heritage
I remember going into an old mill, Batley way. It had long been converted into a furniture warehouse or some such thing, but when you went up in the lift and where the bare stone walls still lined the rooms, there you could still smell the lanolin. It was the smell of wool, the smell … Continue reading Heritage
Much Love, Mother
I've no idea who this is a photograph of; it came from one of those job lots of old photos I am so fond of. On the back of the print is written "Much love, Mother, June 1918". The sentiment is lovely and the features are kind and, indeed, rather beautiful. It is the date … Continue reading Much Love, Mother
Sounding Brass
It's 1967 - although it might have been 1966 - and it was the Halifax Charity Gala being held at Manor Heath. The precise location of the brass band, outside the tent of the Halifax Deaf Association, was, I am sure, not meant as any kind of criticism of their musical ability. Twenty years after … Continue reading Sounding Brass
Happy Christmas
A Happy Christmas to all my friends out there on the various social media platforms.
Christmas Present
The photograph shows my wife, Isobel, meeting Father Christmas in 1953. Thirteen years later, she met me. We've spent the last fifty-nine Christmases together. It's the best present I've ever had.
Harvest Scene
The starting point for today's image was a 1920s photograph from my suitcase full of "found photos." It wasn't in very good condition, so I felt at liberty to "mess around with it" (the digital scan, of course, not the original photograph). I rather like the result: nothing has been added, just the colours and … Continue reading Harvest Scene
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