Elland From Nab End : Early 20th Century Postcard All sorts of things stand out in this early 20th century postcard of Elland. It's all very clean and colourful - full of pleasant green slopes and bright blue water. The buildings are all neat and tidy. Beware: fake views!
Back Street, Bradford
I'm not sure what the official definition of a "back street" is, but this must get pretty close. It's a street leading nowhere other than to the back end of a mill; it's paved in stone cobbles polished by an endless acid drizzle; and it's empty other than for a tired car. I think I … Continue reading Back Street, Bradford
Rock Tavern Quiz No. 132
The last of the Friday night Rock Tavern Quizzes was held on the week before lockdown commenced, back in 2020. Once lockdown was in place, we decided to carry on with the quiz as a virtual event via email. It is 132 weeks since then, and it is still going in the same format. We … Continue reading Rock Tavern Quiz No. 132
Decluttering The Shibden Valley
As I embark on yet another campaign to sort through the endless boxes of "stuff" that occupy my room, I find an old picture postcard of the Shibden Valley, near Halifax. It is a view I know well, having spent my childhood in Northowram, a mile or so further up the valley side from here. … Continue reading Decluttering The Shibden Valley
FOUR PICTURES OF VENICE
Four pictures from my recent visit to Venice - messed around with in one way or another.
ACORNS
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn" Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Black Friar, London
"If you only get the chance to visit one London pub", I would tell my London visitors forty years ago, "make it the Black Friar". It is certainly not the oldest pub in London by any stretch of the imagination: even in your wildest dreams you can't imagine Johnson and Boswell drinking a Campari and … Continue reading The Black Friar, London
Aimlessly Wandering
For some time now, I seem to have been aimlessly wandering around my various blogs and social media streams in search of order, purpose, and direction. After lengthy consideration I have come to the conclusion that it is aimlessly wandering that I enjoy, and that order and purpose are foreign countries I neither have, nor … Continue reading Aimlessly Wandering
ON YOUTHFUL PASSION AND THE AROMA OF BOILING WORT AND HOPS
Youth is a time for falling in love. Whilst middle age can be devoted to fame and fortune and old age to remembering where you left your false teeth: youth is the time to open your heart to passion. As a young man I fell in love with breweries. I realise that this may make … Continue reading ON YOUTHFUL PASSION AND THE AROMA OF BOILING WORT AND HOPS
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