NEGATIVE ARCHIVES : 35mm B&W Negatives (1970) NA01/1 Demolition, HalifaxGibbet Street, HalifaxBurdock Way, HalifaxGladys Burnett, NorthowramAlbert Burnett, Northowram A strip of five negatives which I took in 1970, at the time Burdock Way was under construction. The project involved substantial demolition work, and also some upgrading to the remaining property around the Gibbet Lane area. … Continue reading Negative Archives NA01/1
Category: Scanned Negatives
Lava Flows And Burdock
It is difficult to appreciate the scale of the construction of Burdock Way in Halifax from a modern perspective: new buildings have taken root, trees have filled the empty spaces, the highway has "bedded-in" to the local scenery. I must have taken this photograph in 1970, when construction had just started, and you almost get … Continue reading Lava Flows And Burdock
Superglued To The Hillside
TERRACED HOUSES, SOUTHOWRAM BANK, HALIFAX. SCANNED NEGATIVE, 1974 Houses that are superglued to the hillside: two storeys at the front, three at the back. From the top window you could see all the way to Wainhouse Tower - if it wasn't for the mills in between.
Chip Shop In Halifax (1970)
Chip Shop In Halifax (1968) There was a time when every street corner had its own chip shop: a healthier age, when folk walked for their take-aways.
Devil’s Cauldron Or Cradle Of The Arts?
SCANNED NEGATIVES : HALIFAX FROM THE SHIBDEN VALLEY (c1968) This is one of my photos from 50 years ago and shows Halifax from the Shibden Valley. The town seems to be spilling from the lip of some giant industrial cauldron, or nestling in a cradle of the arts. This particular photograph comes from a time … Continue reading Devil’s Cauldron Or Cradle Of The Arts?
Cobbles And Clotheslines
SCANNED NEGATIVES : COBBLES AND CLOTHESLINES Another of my photographs from fifty years ago. This was one of the many streets that climbed the hill to Claremount, Halifax. Streets of cobbles and clotheslines. Many of the tightly packed streets that climbed up New Bank were swept away when Burdock Way carved its way through Halifax. … Continue reading Cobbles And Clotheslines
Gable Talk
Gable End, Brighouse : Scanned Negative c1970 A Yorkshire gable end. As uncompromising as a bigot. Two tight windows keep any illumination at bay.
Brighouse Skyscrapers
One of my negatives from the early 1970s. Unmistakably Brighouse. Sugden's flour mill has the look of a distended Tower Bridge, and mill chimneys scrape the grainy sky.
Brighouse And The Change
I took this photograph of Brighouse either in the late 60s or early 70s. It was a time when traditional industries coexisted with newcomers, and life in the lower valley was changing. Brighouse seems to have coped better with that change than many of its neighbours.
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