BEFORE EUREKA : HALIFAX SIDINGS FROM STATION APPROACH (c1975) At one stage it was a busy goods yard and railway sidings, and then it became a cold, quiet, empty space. Then, Eureka, it became the National Children's Museum, full of colour, light and noise.
A Pint In The Slubbers
A Pint In The Slubbers : Slubbers Arms, Huddersfield (March 2018)
The Man With The Unenhanced Beard
The Man With The Unenhanced Beard (1890s) This Victorian Cabinet Card from the studio of John Leslie Thomas Shawcross of Blackburn had been touched-up by the photographer in order to enhance the gentleman's beard. I have digitally removed the enhancement to restore it to its natural beauty.
Ten From Halifax 7 : A Halifax Recipe
NORTH BRIDGE, BURDOCK WAY & DEAN CLOUGH, HALIFAX (2017) Cast iron, reinforced concrete and warm sandstone - the three ingredients that go to make up Halifax. Slow cook in a drizzle-driven oven for two and a half centuries and serve with chips.
Ethel With The Long Face
ETHEL WITH THE LONG FACE The 1930s saw a high point in studio portrait photography : sandwiched between the stiff poses of the Victorian era and the self-obsessed postures of the Selfie age. I have no idea who Ethel was, but she sent love down the decades along with her photo.
Ten From Halifax 6 : Woolshops, New Shops
WOOLSHOPS CART, HALIFAX (c1967) This photograph dates from the late 1960s, before the Woolshops area was redeveloped. That's the New Talbot Inn behind the cart and the abattoir on the left. Now it's all M&S and TopShop.
Ten From Halifax 5 : North Bridge Patina
HALIFAX GAS WORKS & BEACON HILL FROM NORTH BRIDGE (c1968) The colours in old slides and photographs fade over the years, like the memories they contain. The process is - like the patina on a bronze sculpture - unpredictable. In this case it appears to have enhanced the beauty of this scene from North Bridge.
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.
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