Tag: Brighouse

Two Gentlemen Of Brighouse

If Shakespeare had been around in the days of Brexit, he might have written a play called Two Gentlemen Of Brighouse, in which two friends, Herbert and Wilfred, travelled to Bradford in pursuit of the same girl, Ethel. This lovely little Victorian photo from the studio of the Brighouse photographer, Martin Manley, would have made a perfect … Continue reading Two Gentlemen Of Brighouse

The Blue Skies And Mustard Streets Of Brighouse

There is a modern passion for "colourising" old monochrome photographs and films, and when this is skilfully done, it can provide a more accurate link to the past. Reproducing scenes in various shades of grey was simply a short interlude in our visual history - imposed by the technical limitations of early photographic techniques. Neither … Continue reading The Blue Skies And Mustard Streets Of Brighouse

Cliffe Castle, Keighley

I finally made it to Cliffe Castle Museum and Park in Keighley on Thursday and I am so glad that I did. I went there to see the fabulous stained glass windows by William Morris, Burne-Jones and Rosetti, that were from the former St James Church in Brighouse. They are displayed magnificently along with many … Continue reading Cliffe Castle, Keighley

Graveyard Art

There is something rather lovely about this old gravestone, standing snug against the sandstone walls of St Martin's in Brighouse. Perhaps it's the almost Pre-Raphaelite design, perhaps it is the challenge presented by the Roman numerals. It stands out not by its size or dominance of the graveyard, but by the fact that it hides … Continue reading Graveyard Art

History In The Sun

What better way to spend a sunny day than wandering around a Yorkshire churchyard, looking for history and finding it under every stone slab.

When Burne-Jones Was In Brighouse

An old postcard reminds me of one of the lost churches of Brighouse which was once the home of glorious windows by Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Ford Madox Brown.

Straight Cut At Brookfoot

Everything seemed simpler 100 years ago, there was less clutter. The mills were proportionate, their chimneys vertical, the houses in neat rows and the canal cut straight through the landscape. This picture postcard of the area known as Brookfoot just to the west of Brighouse, is fairly typical of the first decade of the twentieth … Continue reading Straight Cut At Brookfoot

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.