Author: Alan Burnett

The Best Of All Beverages

FROM THE DAILY EXPRESS, 24 APRIL 1900 What a tempting prospect - eight gallons of non-intoxicating beer for only sixpence. And could that be the late Ken Dodd advertising this special offer?

Ten From Halifax 4 : Transition

HALIFAX IN TRANSITION - DEAN CLOUGH (c1985) I must have taken this photograph thirty or more years ago. It shows Dean Clough and All Souls' Church. It was a time of transition, a time when mill buildings were changing from carpets to car insurance, from weaver to web.

The Faded Lifeboat

THE PICTURE WITHIN 3 : THE FADED LIFEBOAT My first thought was that there was a problem with the print - some fading, scratching, taring or the like. The "problem", however, is with the wall of the pub where layers of public house archaeology are on display.

Ten From Halifax 3 : Piece Hall Now

HALIFAX PIECE HALL (2017) Luckily the 1970s plan to demolish the Piece Hall and build a new shopping centre was abandoned. After a recent refurbishment the Piece Hall is now one of the undoubted jewels in the architectural crown that is Halifax.

A Card For Gladys

A Mother's Day tribute to my mother, Gladys. This photograph must have been taken when I was about one year old - in the summer of 1949. It's my card for her - Happy Mother's Day

The Presentation

The Picture Within 2 : The Presentation THE PICTURE WITHIN 2 : THE PRESENTATION The entire print shows some kind of presentation taking place and there is the hint of a photographer on the right. However, it is the couple comparing notes that look real, look relaxed and look worth recording for posterity.

Berets And Frowns

The Picture Within 1 : Berets And Frowns THE PICTURE WITHIN 1. BERETS & FROWNS Within each good old photograph there generally is another good photograph waiting to get out. This is from a photograph from the Charles Gordon Palmer album which is captioned "Taken at the Garth - May 1934"

Wainhouse’s Iconic Tower

Ten From Halifax 1 : Wainhouse's Iconic Tower WAINHOUSE TOWER FROM ALBERT PROMENADE (2012) What better way to get this mini-series of images from Halifax, than one which incorporates one of the most iconic shapes of Halifax. Dyeworks chimney, spy-platform, radio transmitter, architectural folly: Wainhouse Tower has been all of these at one time or … Continue reading Wainhouse’s Iconic Tower