Vintage Postcard : Victoria Hall, Halifax This rather unassuming little picture postcard dates from the first decade of the twentieth century, and shows a view of the, then, newly built Victoria Hall in Halifax. The strange arrangement of the image on the body of the card - leaving a blank space on the right - … Continue reading Smudgy Images Of Halifax
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How Green Is My Valley
There must be a name for the valley that runs down from Blackley to Holywell Green. It's the valley you see if you breakfast at the Farm Shop cafe at Lindley Moor. It's the valley you see as you leave the Golden Fleece pub. When I left the latter, earlier today, I was frighteningly sober, … Continue reading How Green Is My Valley
Around The World In Eighty Words : 9 IRONING
The Story So Far ..... It started as a harmless question during one of those long lockdown days: was it possible to travel virtually around the world in just eighty word changes to my what3words geolocation code and return to my starting point?. For a companion I had my six year old labradoodle, Lucy, and … Continue reading Around The World In Eighty Words : 9 IRONING
Around The World In Eighty Words : 8. QUITE
“Sorry!” I repeated the apology to yet another driver, as I dragged myself, my backpack, and my five year old labradoodle, Lucy, out of the middle of the road. It was difficult to judge from the look on the drivers’ face, whether he was angry that such a strange combination of man, dog, and luggage … Continue reading Around The World In Eighty Words : 8. QUITE
Extravagant Colour
This is the view of Dean Clough from North Bridge about fifty years ago. It’s in black and white because colour film was something you used for your holiday snaps or your Cousin Dave’s wedding pictures. It’s in black and white and grey because other colours would have been an extravagance.
The Mists Of Time
It's a miserable day and I'm sick to death of sorting my room out, so I spend a chunk of the afternoon scanning some old negatives. The photographs were taken almost forty years ago on a short holiday in Robin Hood's Bay. I can still remember, getting up early in the morning and watching the … Continue reading The Mists Of Time
Blackley : Smoke And Chapel
This is a photograph of mine from the early 1970s. For a long time I wasn't sure where it was and I was going to categorise it as yet another of those "somewhere in West Yorkshire" shots. And then I recognised it : that is Blackley Baptist Church and the chimney is that of Wilkinson's … Continue reading Blackley : Smoke And Chapel
Around The World In Eighty Words : 7. WINK
"That's better", I confessed to Lucy as I allowed an Autumn breeze to dry out the still damp turn-ups of my trousers. They were still wet from the North Sea waves that had pounded the little plank of wood my dog Lucy and I had shared a couple of hundred miles west of Trondheim in … Continue reading Around The World In Eighty Words : 7. WINK
Somewhere In Yorkshire
This is a new scan of a thirty-five year old negative of mine. Maybe it was the original shot, maybe it has decayed over time: whatever the reason it is grainy and discoloured. This, however, is what memories are like. I have no real idea where I was when I took it, and it could … Continue reading Somewhere In Yorkshire
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