The bridge which spanned the River Calder at the village of Copley, near Halifax, formed a solid memory from my youth. Often I would run over its' hefty stone spans on school cross country runs, whilst at other times I would stroll the route, pausing to watch the river flow by on its' way from … Continue reading Copley Bridge
Category: Old Halifax
Faded Memories Of Elland
Two of my old photographs of Elland - taken in the 1970s - and a new interpretation which forms my daily desktop calendar image.
Southgate Memories
Memories tend not to be photographic: time smooths the edges, blurs the focus and calms the emotions. I must have taken the original black and white photograph of Southgate in Halifax around 1967. The new version - with a little help from Photoshop - is from last night.
On This Day – 4 Jan 1922 : Keep Fit And Avoid Infection
From The Halifax Daily Courier And Guardian : 4 January 1922 A watchful eye is being kept by the Ministry of Health on the progress of influenza, which prevails to a serious extent in many parts of the country. We hear of the visitation of the old enemy, "Flu" to many Halifax families, but so … Continue reading On This Day – 4 Jan 1922 : Keep Fit And Avoid Infection
Market Forces
MARKET FORCES : The hidden hand of competition that brings together buyers and sellers of bacon, beef and free range eggs under the cast-iron canopy of Victorian elegance. That was Halifax Borough Market fifty years ago.
A Walk In The Park With Edith Scheusz-Mohlheimer
On a miserable wet and grey day, what better is there to do than go for a walk in the park? You don't go for a walk in the park to get anywhere, such walks are aimless in the best sense of the word. They are voyages of discovery, where what is being discovered is … Continue reading A Walk In The Park With Edith Scheusz-Mohlheimer
Back Street In Elland
There is something typically Yorkshire about cobbled back streets. Strong, functional, individualistic: taking you from A to B without any fuss, and even less fancy. I took this particular photograph in Elland back in the 1970s - back in pre-wheelie-bin days.
On This Day : Clogs Fund For Halifax
CLOGS FUND FOR HALIFAX TO RELIEVE SERIOUS SITUATION Education Department To Administer You would shudder if you knew how many children in Halifax possess neither boots, nor clogs worthy the name of protection. The brightness of school is something that counts in many of these lives, but, however eager they are to go, their footwear … Continue reading On This Day : Clogs Fund For Halifax
Messing About With Elland
With little to do last night other than watch the snow settle, I started messing about with Elland (and why shouldn't I, most people have over recent years). In my case, Elland was in the form of a short strip of negatives from sometime in the 1980s. The three scenes were all familiar subjects to … Continue reading Messing About With Elland
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