Category: Calendar

The Classic British Seaside

I acquired this old print from somewhere or other. I don't know who took the original photo, when they did so, or where it was. At a guess I would say somewhere in Britain in the 1920s. It's such a wonderful composition - a scene that shouts out the classic British Seaside.

Half A Life Ago

It was Manchester. It was half a life ago. I can't even remember what I was doing in Manchester on a rainy night, other than taking photographs. But part of me remembers framing the shot, keeping the camera steady, hoping that the lights would work - remembers it as though it was yesterday and not … Continue reading Half A Life Ago

Pigs On Show

“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”  Winston S. Churchill

DAYS : Twigs, Windows And Koi Carp

PROMISE OF TREES TO COME Scanned twig (Please note, no trees were hurt in the making of this photograph) BACK STREET, SOHO, 1975 I remember being fascinated by the windows and their arrangement. It's as though they set out to create the very opposite of those grand Georgian buildings with their symmetrical windows - and … Continue reading DAYS : Twigs, Windows And Koi Carp

Statues, Cousins And Bill Bailey

The Duke Of Wellington’s Regiment Memorial, Halifax, by Andrew Sinclair, 2019 Sculpture belongs in towns, on the streets, in the squares; not stuck away atop bronze horses in distant parks. It needs to be touched and spoken to. It needs to be a repository of thanks, of memories, and of empty coffee cups. The Empty … Continue reading Statues, Cousins And Bill Bailey

DAYS : Snow, Light And With Love From Mary

Weighed Down By The Weather: Occasionally the weather likes to remind you that, whatever plans you have, whatever places you need to go, it can over-rule the lot. It might be March but the snow fell with a vengeance and coated the ground, the trees, and even the washing line. As well as there being … Continue reading DAYS : Snow, Light And With Love From Mary

Daily Calendar : Chairs, Bikes and Steep Hills (4-6 March 2023)

Taken about 40 years ago in Weston Park, Sheffield. Take a seat, move it about, make a pattern. Delivery Boy. Found Photo. This is possibly one of the children of William G Pannett, baker and confectioner, of Horsham, Sussex. Sheffield should be twinned with San Francisco. Sheffield has the trams and the hills: and the … Continue reading Daily Calendar : Chairs, Bikes and Steep Hills (4-6 March 2023)