What We Get Up To Late At Night

It is late at night, midnight has come and gone and the Auchentoshan bottle has been tipped a good few times. I am half watching some old thing on the television, half messing about with Photoshop. An image emerges which seems to sum everything up. Hashtag serendipitousphotography!

In The Eye Of The Beholder

Sculpture on the walls of Queensgate Market, HuddersfieldQueensgate Market, HuddersfieldQueensgate Market, Huddersfield Whenever I tell friends and family that I find Huddersfield's Queensgate Market beautiful, they look at me as though I have taken leave of my senses and forgotten to collect them from the Lost Property Department. Beauty may well be in the eye … Continue reading In The Eye Of The Beholder

Lowry In A River

LOWRY IN A RIVER, BLACK BROOK, WEST VALE, September 2020 Now Lowry is hung upon the wallBeside the greatest of them allAnd even the Mona Lisa takes a bowThis tired old man with hair like snowTold northern folk it's time to goThe fever came and the good lord mopped his browAnd he left us matchstalk … Continue reading Lowry In A River

The Whole, Neatly Furnished

"The new Cemetery is situated in Lighteliffe Road, and contains an area of about nine acres. The frontage towards the above-named road is enlosed with a atone wall and also ornamental wrought-iron railings, and has two wells for water, one for domestic purposes, and the other for the use of cattle..... The buildings include the … Continue reading The Whole, Neatly Furnished

Ford

Ford - Cowcliffe Hill Road, Fixby "With more than 2,000 fords in the UK, chances are you'll come across one at some point. It may seem like a simple short-cut – after all there’s a road running through it – but that doesn't mean the river is always safe to cross at a ford or … Continue reading Ford

Wild Halifax

I spent yesterday sheltering from Storm Francis. What else is there to do other than to play around with images - in this case some of the photographs I took in Halifax on Monday (a sunny day). As the rain poured down, it was time to open up the Photoshop and let my imagination run … Continue reading Wild Halifax

A Sunny Day In Halifax

It was a rare sunny day yesterday, and I happened to be in Halifax with a little time to kill. So I wandered the streets, some of which I have been familiar with all my life, others of which I discovered had been hiding from me for seventy years. This is Halifax old and new, … Continue reading A Sunny Day In Halifax

Picture Posts : 17 August 2020

Poppies And Barbed Wire, Wortley : 15 August 2020 Market Tenants Only, Todmorden Market : 12 August 2020

The Caryatids Of Ossett

With the iron grill of travel restrictions falling faster than the time it takes to flick through a glossy travel brochure, one is left wondering where to go for that little romantic break. Versailles is iffy, Venice is to be avoided and Athens is a risk too far. So what better way to spend a … Continue reading The Caryatids Of Ossett