This tiny studio portrait was taken at Buckley's Studio at Regents Square, Blackpool on the 28th August 1916. It is highly likely that this is a young lass from one of the northern towns visiting Blackpool for a Bank Holiday treat. A day out at Blackpool and a holiday portrait to save all your life … Continue reading A Blackpool Treat
Author: Alan Burnett
Abe, The Set Piece-Taker
This photograph was taken on the occasion of the retirement of Abraham Moore, which - according to the date stamped on the back of the print - was in January 1947. Abraham was the father of my uncle, Harry Moore, and it would appear that he was 73 years old when he retired. All I … Continue reading Abe, The Set Piece-Taker
Ten From The Pub 1 : A Beer-Stained Citadel
A new mini-series of photographs old and new with that most glorious institution, the public house, as its theme. THE BEEHIVE AND CROSS KEYS, KING CROSS STREET, HALIFAX What better way to start this visual pub crawl than with the first pub I ever bought a pint of beer in. I was moderately under-age and … Continue reading Ten From The Pub 1 : A Beer-Stained Citadel
Ten From Halifax 10 : Counting Chimneys
VIEW OVER HALIFAX FROM GODLEY BRIDGE (1966) Old geography school textbooks would often feature a picture of Halifax from the early twentieth century and the challenge was to count the mill chimneys. By the middle of the century - I took this photograph in 1966 - there were less chimneys to count but you had a … Continue reading Ten From Halifax 10 : Counting Chimneys
Faces In The Snake Pit
Looking at this old photograph - which is one of my lost and found collection of unknown and unwanted old photographs - I was initially fascinated by the obvious narrative. It is clearly a demonstration of the venom being removed from poisonous snakes in either Africa or India, and it would appear too date from … Continue reading Faces In The Snake Pit
Licence To Scan
This was another discovery whilst "tidying-up". I have no idea where this came from. If Mr Kinnear would like it back, he's welcome to it, but I fear it is a little out of date.
Contours In The Snow
Outside, the snow is thick on the ground and the wind has the bite of a Rottweiler with a hang-over. Even Lucy the Dog refuses to set paw outside the door. The enforced incarceration means that I have to turn to that list of jobs I have been putting off - and in particular the … Continue reading Contours In The Snow
Young Albert
ALBERT BURNETT (1916/17) This is a scan of a tiny old photograph (only 3cm wide) of my father, Albert Burnett. At a guess I would say that he was about five or six years old when this photograph was taken which would make it either 1916 or 1917. The clothes are more than a century … Continue reading Young Albert
Ten From Halifax 9 : Fire In Halifax
FIRE IN HALIFAX (c1968) I am not entirely sure where I took this photograph, but it must have been in the Lister Lane area as the other frames on the negative strip were taken in People's Park. There was a mill fire which seemed to attract a larger audience than the brass band in the … Continue reading Ten From Halifax 9 : Fire In Halifax
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