HALIFAX PIECE HALL (1960s) It was a different world, a different time. What is now seen as an architectural icon, was then simply a place of work. Where now you can find good books, rare objects, and visual and culinary delights; then you could find Maris Pipers, Cox's Pippens and Hawke's Champagne Rhubarb. Feet now … Continue reading A Different World
Category: Old Halifax
History In Pixels
MARKET STREET, HALIFAX (c1964) It's one of those photographs full of movement, full of buildings, full of memories, and full of history. From the various visual clues and by searching what is left of my memory, I can conclude that I must have taken this photograph in the mid 1960s, for the sake of argument, … Continue reading History In Pixels
Bowling Along Through Halifax
BRUNSWICK BOWLING, BROAD STREET, HALIFAX (c1966) The ability of old photographs to spark memories never ceases to amaze me. I tracked down this old colour slide yesterday after someone, quite rightly, pointed out that what was set on top of the bowling alley in Broad Street, Halifax in the 1960s, was not a bowl, as … Continue reading Bowling Along Through Halifax
Memories, Patterns And Frameworks
I have spent some time trying to fit the patterns and memories together in order to come up with a location for my photo from fifty-odd years ago; my best suggestion is that I must have been standing somewhere near to where the Eureka Museum now stands.
Commercial Adventures In Halifax
COMMERCIAL STREET, HALIFAX (1960s) When I was young, and adventurous, and rust-free, I could never resist the opportunities provided by a rainy night when it came to photographic patterns and reflections. I suspect that this is a fairly early photograph of mine, taken in the mid 1960s. I am fairly certain that it was taken … Continue reading Commercial Adventures In Halifax
Time After Time
Halifax Town Hall & Broad Street Car Park (c1972) My negatives are cut into strips of six, and, over the years, the individual strips have been moved so many times, they no longer have a logical sequence. Whilst each shot within the six is, obviously, related in time and place to those adjacent, the same … Continue reading Time After Time
Halifax At The Speed Of Light
MILLS IN HALIFAX (1960s) Old photographs can play the strangest tricks; especially if they are over-exposed, grainy and inexpertly processed. When I look at this photograph - taken somewhat inexpertly by me, and processed even more inexpertly by me - I am reminded of those nineteenth century etchings of northern mill towns. But it can't … Continue reading Halifax At The Speed Of Light
Flying Ladas
Burdock Way, Halifax. (c.1990) This is another photo of Burdock Way, Halifax, taken from the same film and shot at the same time - probably about 1990. The road, of course, is still there: what is interesting once again is what is framed between the concrete curves. Whilst there are still garages at the bottom … Continue reading Flying Ladas
A Sign Of The Times
Burdock Way and Claremount, Halifax. (c.1990) Los Angeles has its iconic HOLLYWOOD sign, and for many years, Halifax had its equally iconic CRAWFORD-SWIFT sign painted on the side of its factory up on the hill at Claremount and overlooking the town. It might not have been celebrated on postcards or t-shirts, but it was part … Continue reading A Sign Of The Times
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