This group of young ladies, in what can only be described as eccentric dress, comes from a batch of photographs I bought several years ago which also contained some photographs of performances by the Brighouse Amateur Theatrical Society. We can therefore surmise that these fine ladies were the chorus from some Brighouse amateur theatrical production … Continue reading Chapters From A Book Yet To Be Written
Busy Line
I think I took this photograph from part way up Southowram Bank back in the 1960s. The image captures the almost sensual curve of the main railway line as it carves a way between mills and factories from Beacon Hill tunnel to Halifax Station. Square Church can be seen unsuccessfully competing for attention with the … Continue reading Busy Line
On This Day : Cruising With The Dressed Dolls
If you put an advert in the papers today inviting people to a September cruise, no doubt they would turn up with suitcases packed and passports at the ready. Sixty-fives years ago, however, expectations were far less exotic. The 10th anniversary September Cruise was being held at the Alexandra Hall in Halifax, and rather than … Continue reading On This Day : Cruising With The Dressed Dolls
Some Stone, Some Cast Iron, Some Concrete
It's one of those images you can't categorise: part photo, part impression, part memory. Look closely and you might spot some stone, some cast iron, some concrete, and a fair amount of vegetation added for taste. Look closely, and you might even spot Halifax.
The Grocer And The Body Builder
This postcard was with a collection of photographs handed down to me from the family of my fathers' Uncle Albert (Albert Burnett 1884-1963). It is, in fact, both a photograph and a postcard - the use of "real photographs" to create postcards was common in the early year of the twentieth century. The photograph shows … Continue reading The Grocer And The Body Builder
Colouring My Life
Kelvin Flats, Sheffield 1984 : Having just scanned this negative of mine from way back when I have this strange urge to get some coloured pencils and start colouring in the different shapes and patterns. I need some colour in my life.
The Event
Back in 1973 my new job with the GLC meant that I was anxiously watching river levels in London, but that was not the case for 50 years ago today. On that day I was travelling north on a train along with many of my London-based friends, back to Halifax, and back to a rather … Continue reading The Event
The Lead Up
I’m not sure if this was exactly 50 years ago, but the photograph dates from around that time. One clue is that I have lost the beard (it was never a very good beard) I had in the earlier part of the year. Three months earlier I had left University and moved down to London … Continue reading The Lead Up
Desktop Calendar : 9-11 August 2023
“There can be no reason why man should not make towns liveable and healthy …. Just as much subject to the beneficent influence of bright sunshine, fresh air, flowers and plants as the country”William Hesketh Lever “Land For Houses, 1897” A grand day out at Port Sunlight on the Wirral Peninsula which included a walking … Continue reading Desktop Calendar : 9-11 August 2023
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