I must have taken this photograph from high up in one of the block of flats in Upperthorpe, Sheffield, forty-odd years ago. Back in those days I couldn't pass a block of flats - and there were many to choose from in Sheffield in the 70s and 80s - without climbing the concrete stairs to … Continue reading DRONING ON ABOUT SHEFFIELD

When I took this photograph half a century ago, I never realised that I was recording a slice of social history. The age of the second-hand shop has now been eclipsed by Charity Shops and On-Line Auction sites. Bikes no longer hang from walls and Dalek paraffin heaters no longer stand guard over rows of … Continue reading Tart’s General Dealers

Harry Moore - my Uncle Harry - was born in Bradford in 1903 and, for a time in the early 1930s he was a professional entertainer with a travelling Concert Party, appearing in seaside pavilions and small town theatres throughout the land. After he married in 1933, he gave up touring and took a job … Continue reading Desktop Calendar : Harry’s Cricket Cows

According to my Lightroom Catalogue I have amassed some 93,606 photographs over my lifetime. Given my considerable age that works out at one photograph every seven hours, day and night, since the moment of my birth. I got a random number generator to pick just one of the 93,606 to illustrate today's calendar and it … Continue reading Desktop Calendar : Helsinki Burns Boats

Summer appeared yesterday out of the blue (or rather out of the murky grey that had been the norm for the last couple of months). Man, wife and dog went for a walk up Greetland and then stopped for refreshments at the recently re-opened Star Pub. What a grand day. There is even a suggestion … Continue reading Desktop Calendar : Summer View Rhapsody

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

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

“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