My brother is working on a new book of his sketches and pictures of Halifax from forty or fifty years ago. Looking through my old negatives it appears we have similar views...
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Memories Of Cliff House, San Francisco
I found this postcard amongst a job lot I bought on eBay, all of which were supposed to be of West Yorkshire. I am not complaining, however, the beauty of job lots is the surprises they throw up and the serendipity that brings them to your door. The building which is featured on this old … Continue reading Memories Of Cliff House, San Francisco
Stop ‘n Snap ‘n Ride
George Hotel, Huddersfield Like many people who take photographs, I can be pretty annoying to walk around with, due to an inability to walk in a straight line from A to B without stopping to take photos at A1, A2, A3 etc. It is not too bad if I am by myself, as long as … Continue reading Stop ‘n Snap ‘n Ride
A Gem At The Post Office Exhibition
A thing of beauty can be found in the most unlikely places. This tiny old print was found sticking to the side of an envelope that must have contained a collection of photographs of more supposed interest. It was lost and forgotten for all the reasons such tiny works of photographic art are lost and … Continue reading A Gem At The Post Office Exhibition
The Bailie In Question
Les Cloches de Corneville was a comic opera popular in the first half of the twentieth century with amateur operatic societies in Britain. I have never actually seen it performed, but as far as I can gather it had something of a Gilbert and Sullivan feel to it, and like the various comic operas of … Continue reading The Bailie In Question
There Really Should Be A Word For It
Vocabulary has always a tendency to lag behind technological progress - which is why we have a word for a merchant who deals in candles made out of sheep's intestines ("tallower" in case you are interested), but no word to adequately describe those people who use social media to tell you what they had for … Continue reading There Really Should Be A Word For It
How I Found My Brain Up My Back Passage
EXCAVATIONS UP MY BACK PASSAGE : SERIES II The need to initiate a second series of "Excavations Up My Back Passage" has been brought about by the impending arrival of a new garage door. In order to install it, the garage needs clearing of a twenty year accumulation of rubbish - an extension of the … Continue reading How I Found My Brain Up My Back Passage
Voyage Into West Yorkshire
My brother Roger and I have been discussing book publishing recently. He is about to publish a book he wrote nearly fifty years ago and, for one reason and another, never got published. The book tells the story of a voyage through the canal system of Ireland at a time when "old Ireland" was fast … Continue reading Voyage Into West Yorkshire
Five From A Slaithwaite Stall : 5. Blue Days, Black Nights
The fifth and final £1 buy from the Slaithwaite antiques shop is an intriguing Edwardian studio photograph of a lady, some cushions and a telephone. Such photographs were common in the Edwardian age, but were normally featured on the picture postcards that were popular at this time. This is a print, not a postcard: and … Continue reading Five From A Slaithwaite Stall : 5. Blue Days, Black Nights
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