Today, our random time machine takes us back to 1873 and up the valley to Heptonstall. Ah, the good old days when Victorian values were paramount and if you gave someone from the poorhouse an orange they would be "highly gratified". "TREAT TO THE POOR - On New Year's Day (through the kindness and liberality … Continue reading Random History : The Highly Gratified Poor
Author: Alan Burnett
A Chance At Wentworth
This is one of those chance photographs which had all the ingredients of a photographic disaster which somehow came good. It was out of focus, the colours were all wrong and it resulted from an accidental shutter-press whilst using the camera as a crude telescope. I still think it could hold its own with some … Continue reading A Chance At Wentworth
MFP : Smile For Heaven’s Sake
My latest contribution to the Museum of Found Photographs is this lop-sided quartet from the 1930s. Where they were or what they were doing I am not sure: but it has to be said that they don't seem very happy about it. "Smile for the camera ... for heaven's sake, smile"
A Mesmeric Tea Party
If you were in Bradford on New Year's Day in 1881 you could have entertained yourself by going to the Mechanic's Institute to a "Mesmeric Tea Party", courtesy of Professor Kershaw, Electrician, of Southport.
The New Ty Phoon
On the back of this print is written "Our Houseboat, August 1946". There is also a location which looks like "Kashirit". The boat is called the "New Ty Phoon" - the location is probably the Indian sub-continent shortly before independence and partition.
Market Traders
This is a 1969 picture of my brother and myself. I was about to go to university - he was about to explore the canals of Europe.
Bradford Market
An old vintage postcard of Kirkgate Market, Bradford : a reminder of a beautiful building, now long gone.
A Walk Up Thornhills Lane
This is an old postcard from my collection and it features a view of Thornhills Lane in Brighouse. Once the sun returns to the sky I will take a walk up the Lane and record what has changed in the last 110 years, but as far as I remember from the last time I was … Continue reading A Walk Up Thornhills Lane
Random News : Cameras, Coneys And Champion’s Vinegar
Our random date generating time machine has taken us back to Friday 31st August 1945 and given us a copy of the Yorkshire Post to read. Just over three months ago the war in Europe came to an end, just under three weeks ago the war in the Far East also came to an end, … Continue reading Random News : Cameras, Coneys And Champion’s Vinegar
