Sometimes I choose the subjects for my daily desktop calendar, other times they choose themselves. This redoubtable character chose herself. It might be my Great Aunt Ruth-Annie or her sister Miriam or it might be any of a half dozen sisters from a different branch of the family. Whoever she is, she sent her portrait … Continue reading With Best Love
Author: Alan Burnett
Brighouse In Transition
1001 PHOTOS 29 : BRIGHOUSE IN TRANSITION : This photo of mine from the 1960s shows Brighouse from the hillside above Clifton. It captures the town in transition. Look carefully and you can still see working mills before they became apartments, and flour silos before they became climbing walls. You can also see new industry … Continue reading Brighouse In Transition
Have Bed Ready
The postcard dates back to the first decade of the 20th century and shows the Winter Gardens and Pier in Great Yarmouth. As is so often the case, the message on the back of the card is far more interesting than the somewhat crude image on the front. "Dear Mother, Just a line hoping you … Continue reading Have Bed Ready
Victory & Bovril
28/1001 - Victory & Bovril : My quest to identify 1001 interesting photos I took before I died continues. This was 1968, I was probably chanting some anti-war slogan as I marched from Trafalgar Square to Grosvenor Square, but I still had my camera to hand to capture the occasion.
Somewhere In Scotland
The original photograph was taken almost 60 years ago, somewhere in Scotland. As the years have gone by the original negative has faded, the grain has been pixilated, and the event has been turned into a memory. It remains, somewhere in Scotland.
Britannia Amongst The Chimney Pots
There are some scenes I return to again and again: photographs I have been taking for fifty years. One such is the statue of Britannia which overlooks Elland Bridge from her elevated position on the roof of the former premises of the Halifax and Huddersfield Banking Company. Sometimes I try and capture her in an … Continue reading Britannia Amongst The Chimney Pots
COPIES ALWAYS AVAILABLE
On the back of this Victorian Carte de Visite which came from the Birmingham studio of the photographer W Baker, it states "Negatives kept, copies always available". There is also a reference number (15073). If you're listening Mr Baker, I'd quite like a copy of the original. And just in case he's not listening, I've … Continue reading COPIES ALWAYS AVAILABLE
JOHN THE MATE
The time must be somewhere around the late 1920s. The place will have been Bradford. The man on the left is my Uncle John, who was a wagon drivers' mate. Not sure who the wagon driver - the one with the cap - was. The star of the photo shoot, however, must surely have been … Continue reading JOHN THE MATE
BEER & BUTTERFLIES
Stepping out of the rather splendid Castle Hotel (pint of refreshing Dizzy Blonde) and en route to the equally magnificent Crown and Kettle (pint of Vocation's excellent Bread and Butter pale ale), I came across a building that may have fallen on hard times, but somehow maintains a certain majesty. A good day out in … Continue reading BEER & BUTTERFLIES
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