1905 Postcard Of Bradford Road, Brighouse : Dear Dorothy, It is only about three week off Easter now. Do you know you forgot to put a stamp on the postcard you sent me and I had to pay a penny for it. From Walter. (It is interesting to note that whilst this stretch of Bradford … Continue reading Forgotten Scenes And Forgotten Stamps
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Issy
They say an image is worth a thousand words but anyone who has saved a computer file knows you can squeeze a decent novella into the space needed to save a grainy photo of your Aunty Nelly on a deckchair. It is the detail that is so expensive in terms of bits and bytes, but … Continue reading Issy
That Face
There is something so simple about this little image that comes from an early twentieth century picture postcard from the German publishing firm, Meissner & Buch. The card hasn’t been used in the century and a quarter since it was printed, so I could dash off a message to someone and pop it in the … Continue reading That Face
Bus Station Dynasties
History is sometimes measured in dynasties - the Tudors or Stuarts, the Tangs or the Yans - but for most folk a more prosaic way of marking the passage of time is called for. Having grown up in Halifax and having lived in these parts for large periods of my life, for me it’s bus … Continue reading Bus Station Dynasties
Can’t See The Moores For The Trees
This family photograph from the 1930s perfectly captures a marriage of style and elegance. It also captures a marriage between two people, but I am a little uncertain as to who they are. The one person I can identify is the man seated second from the left, the man with a hairstyle of sculptured grandeur, … Continue reading Can’t See The Moores For The Trees
Sandstone Palaces
Sometimes the lines are better blurred. Usually the signs are better blurred. We can forget the message, be it about fake tans or coffee cups, and concentrate on this stone monument to the gods of commerce, a sandstone palace fit for a Coffee King.
After The Rain
I recently acquired a lovely old 1904 album of photographs taken in and around the Scottish village of Brig o' Turk. Despite the age of the photos, you are not drawn into the usual "then and now" comparisons: as far as I can tell, little has changed. It is the captions that provide the time … Continue reading After The Rain
Daffodil On The Water
When I was young, back in the early 1950s, our family's annual seaside holiday would alternate between Bridlington on the east coast and New Brighton on the west. On those years we headed west, our journey would involve a train to Liverpool and then a ferry across the Mersey to our seaside destination. Sorting through … Continue reading Daffodil On The Water
Special Delivery
For anyone devoted to wandering down the side streets of inconsequence, old picture postcards are an ideal mode of transport. You can spend many a happy hour trying to work out where the old photographs were taken from - where, for example, in Elland was this view taken from 110 years ago - and you … Continue reading Special Delivery
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