32/1001 : THE GREAT WALLS OF NORTHOWRAM (1968) Some naïve folk believe these walls were built to hold quarry spoil and flatten fields. But no: they are the burial chambers of the ancient pharaohs of Queensbury and Shelf, deities still worshiped by many in these parts.
Category: 1000 PICTURES
The Duchess of Montrose And Family
I spotted this collection of rowing boats in Bridlington, more than 40 years ago. What struck me was the names: they all have everyday names of the time - like a roll-call of classic TV characters ... Karen & Keith, June & Ron. And amongst them all, is the Duchess of Montrose!
Fish Heads And Ice
1001 PHOTOS No. 30 GRIMSBY FISH DOCKS (1985) It's the first chapter in the story of fish and chips: a concrete palace lined with fish heads and ice. The photograph dates from the 1980s: a time when I would escape to the rare beauty of Cleethorpes and Grimsby Fish Docks whenever I got the opportunity.
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
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.
STREET SYMMETRY
I think I took this photo somewhere in the Stoke-on-Trent area and, if so, it will have been the early 1970s. It's the symmetry that is so eye-catching: it's almost as if the cars are involved in some strange maypole dance around that central telegraph pole.
THE CLEAR OUT
I remember coming across this scene whilst walking, up Southowram I think, well over 50 years ago. It was almost as though someone had set out the various objects with a composition in mind. I like to think that the pictures were priceless antiques. I left them there.
LEGO
I took this photograph of a Lego-inspired apartment block in the centre of Bristol over the weekend. At first sight it appears to be full of symmetry, but on closer examination the symmetry has been abandoned because - I assume - a shortage of the necessary Lego bricks.
THREE WHEELER
Three wheels are better than one - or, indeed, two. People of a certain age will remember the Green Cross Man (and those of a slightly younger age will remember him as Darth Vader!). This, however, is Cleethorpes in the 1980s - not a galaxy far, far away.
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