Two more from the same strip of negatives from thirty-nine years ago; two more from the area around Union Street and Hunger Hill, Halifax. Snow, back in those monochrome days, was a different entity: always dirty, layered with grit. These houses are built on a hillside, with their own terraced pavements up a flight of … Continue reading Snow, Grit And Cold Stone Steps
Category: Scanned Negatives
Back Hope
The second of the six negatives from 1980 : this was taken in Back Hope Terrace, Halifax, when standpipes provided drinking water and monochrome snow clung to the rooftops. It all seems so long ago.
Hope Clings On
This is a scan of the first of six 35mm negatives I must have taken in about 1980: which to me sounds like only yesterday, but I am alarmed to realise is almost forty years ago! It was taken in that strange little segment of Halifax that is bounded by Prescott Street, Clare Road, Hunger … Continue reading Hope Clings On
Sensuous Concrete
Burdock Way, Halifax Under Construction, 1971 : Alan Burnett (B11/4b) I have always thought that there is something sensuous about the lines of Burdock Way as it strides over the Hebble Valley. To achieve that with nothing but poured concrete and steel mesh is civil engineering at its best.
When Soot Still Fused With Stone
Dean Clough From North Bridge, Halifax (1971) : One of my photographs from the days when smoke came out of chimneys, when soot fused with stone, when carpets still rolled off looms.
A Shaw Lane Triptych
In reviewing my old negatives, it appears as if I spent a large part of my youth walking up and down Shaw Lane in Halifax. Here is a triptych of views from a strip of negatives shot in the 1970s. I am particularly fond of that final image - it sums up so much about … Continue reading A Shaw Lane Triptych
Finding Myself In Northowram
Howes Lane Looking Towards Northowram : Alan Burnett (c1970) I grew up in the village of Northowram, a few miles north of Halifax, and I must have taken this photograph of the top end of the village about forty years ago. It shows the village, looking east from Howes Lane. What caught my eye when … Continue reading Finding Myself In Northowram
A Farewell To Rhodes Street
According to my records - which are about as accurate as a Prime Minister's promise - I took this photograph of Rhodes Street, Halifax in 1973. To me that sounds like only yesterday, but I suppose it is history. It is the year that I moved to London, and the walk down Gibbet Street might … Continue reading A Farewell To Rhodes Street
A Halifax Roof
I'm not sure exactly where or when I took this photo, but - this is a Halifax roof. Unconventional, different, with a twisted sense of humour. Well-worn, hard worked - but as strong as a stone quarry.
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