“This will make a memorable picture” they probably all thought as the shutter shut. And it did: ninety years later people still look at it and think, what long legs he had!
Riding The Storm
Some time ago I was given a book called "1001 Photographs You Must See Before You Die". During a long and boring airport drive on Saturday I decided to write a companion volume :"1001 Photographs I Took Before I Died" This is No 1, taken in Doncaster back in 1982.
Commercial Street, Brighouse
The scene is still fairly easily recognisable for those who know Brighouse: the point where King Street become Commercial Street. The George is still going and most of the buildings on the top side of Commercial Street are the same. The shop blinds, the hand cart and the gas lights are long gone, but Brighouse … Continue reading Commercial Street, Brighouse
Garden Visitor
A chance photograph taken through the kitchen window in order to check to see if my Nikon B700 is still working. It is!
Gala Days #2
These photos from the 1967 Halifax Charity Gala parade provide an insight not only into the street scenery of the time - there’s Greenwoods, Barratts, and M&S in the right place - but also the way of life of the time. And let’s not forget Pinky and Perky! 2/3
Pylons Welcomed
Some folks don’t take kindly to electricity pylons, accusing them of ruining what they believe to be “natural” landscapes. Up here, however, there’s nothing natural about these stone mined hills and mill smoked valleys. Pylons are welcome, any day.
Gala Days #1
Back in the summer of 1967 I was about to leave school and take up a promised job as a photographer on the local newspaper. They suggested I should get some practice in before starting work by taking photos at local events. One such was the Halifax Charity Gala parade as it made its way … Continue reading Gala Days #1
Walking Around Egypt
Until we ventured to France in the 1960s, it was my understanding that my father had only ever been abroad once - and that was a day trip to Calais in the 1930s. Thus initially I was surprised to see in his diary for this week in 1934 that he had gone walking around Egypt! … Continue reading Walking Around Egypt
SQBW
Square monochrome photographs seem to be getting quite a following on social media, perhaps it’s time they had their own hashtag. This was St Thomas Church in Greetland near Halifax yesterday. #sqbw
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