I can just about remember taking this photograph, which is not bad as it was more than half a century ago. I was standing at Stump Cross looking up Godley Lane towards Halifax. I can't remember why I took it, however, such detail fades into vagueness - just like the photo.
Category: Scanned Negatives
Dedicated To Uncle Frank
My Uncle Frank was one of my great heroes. He amassed numerous collections of ephemera, without rhyme, reason or even explanation. His collection of 1930s cigarette cards was memorable and his archive of 1940s bus tickets was nothing short of breathtaking. It is one of my ambitions to emulate him. Several years ago I built … Continue reading Dedicated To Uncle Frank
Photo-Bombers
Each generation of photographer must co-exist with annoying objects that photo-bomb their prize shots. These days it is plastic wheelie-bins and over-large cars, 100 years ago it was probably tram lines. Back in the 1960s it was TV aerials, although in retrospect, like these on New Bank, Halifax, they had a kind of sculptured grace.
The Times May Or May Not Be Changing (Depending On Where You Are Standing)
Up The Junction
Bobbin Ligging
Flying Home To Sheffield
Muck-Made Grey And Glow
Back Yard
Continuing the unintended theme, we move from back street to back yard. I'm almost certain this particular back yard was in Sheffield, but I can't remember whose it was! No conceptual artist could have put together a collection of bins, fences and drainpipes with greater skill.
