Chapels, town halls and banks: northern towns have always done them well. There is something about faith, brass and municipality that fostered the architectural pride of countless northern towns. Here's one of Halifax's entries in the banking class - the palatial Lloyds Bank.
Category: Calendar
Voting Day
I've just realised it is 50 years since I walked through those doors and started work behind that arched window for the first time. A lot has happened in the intervening half century. I'll be thinking of those times when I go to cast my vote today.
To The Woods
Of course this is not realistic, it's not meant to be. Realism can wait for another day. On the 1st of May I want to feast on patterns and gorge on colours. To the woods!
Desktop Calendar (24-30 April 2024)
Weather Forecast
Here is the weather forecast for today .... and tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that .....
Hastings Hats
Some years ago I had a phase of buying old glass plate negatives on eBay. I had to abandon the practice as they would consistently arrive through the post in pieces. Here's one that made it without breaking - it shows a group of women (could it be a milliners outing) in Hastings. Just as … Continue reading Hastings Hats
Remembering Sheffield
Went to a reunion in Sheffield last night, full of folk sharing memories of forty-odd years ago. Here’s my memories - of coffee and cream buses, Kelvin Hall flats, and the sound and smell of industry filling the morning air.
Industrial Heights
New housing developments in these parts have wonderfully aspirational names like Victoria Heights and Westminster View. Back in the old days street names were more descriptive than aspirational. Here's one of my photos of Brighouse from the early 1970s showing Industrial Street, which was next to Anvil Street, and not far from Oddfellows Street!
Enoch & Betty
A date stamp on the reverse of this studio portrait of my grandfather, Enoch Burnett, gives me a precise date - the 18th November 1928. At the time, Enoch will have been 51 years old and working as a window cleaner in Great Horton, Bradford. He is joined in this portrait by his dog, Betty, … Continue reading Enoch & Betty
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