Tag: Halifax

Remember?

I may well remember, remember the fifth of November, but, for the life of me, I can't quite remember where I took this photograph. In my defence, I could add that it was almost sixty years ago and the building was on its last legs then. I have a feeling it was on the hillside … Continue reading Remember?

Conspiracy In Stone

Far be it from me to start a conspiracy theory; I don't like conspiracy theories..... but has anyone else noticed the similarity between the stone cherub carved into the side of Halifax Town Hall and the 47th President of the United States? There is something about that look which makes you wonder whether Calderdale is … Continue reading Conspiracy In Stone

Reflections On Bull Green

I walked up to Bull Green roundabout the other day to pass the time of day only to discover it wasn't there anymore. One gets used to this kind of thing as one gets older, but even so, it was a bit of a shock. To mark its passing - and the end of October … Continue reading Reflections On Bull Green

Trolley Shelter 3 In Blue

Halifax provides a home for many fine pieces of sculpture. There is, of course, the Duke of Wellington Regiment Memorial at the top of Woolshops, the statue of Prince Albert in Sparrow Park, not to mention a couple of fine pieces by my own brother! But the trolley shelter in the Woolshops Car Park has … Continue reading Trolley Shelter 3 In Blue

Bleak Shivers

I took this photograph in Akroyd Place, Halifax, in the early 1970s. It was fairly bleak and somewhat ominous even then. Fifteen or so years earlier, I remember being bussed to the Akroyd Place School Baths when it was even bleaker. I still have involuntary shivers when I pass where it used to be.

Change In Siddal

Like so many pictures of these parts from a century or more ago, much has changed in this view of Siddal near Halifax from an old picture postcard. So many of the buildings - the houses, factories, and schools - have gone, and the canal has long since been abandoned. The backdrop remains relatively unchanged, … Continue reading Change In Siddal

Concentrated Nostalgia

Brown paper bags, pounds, shilling, and pence, headscarves and overcoats - it's almost as though someone had bought a tube of concentrated nostalgia and squeezed it all over this photograph of mine of Halifax Borough Market back in the 1960s. And if they really did sell tubes of concentrated nostalgia, you would have been sure … Continue reading Concentrated Nostalgia

Nostalgia Post

These days, local newspapers seem to be dominated by a pointless mix of clickbait and nostalgia. So let us engage in our own little festival of nostalgia for the days when there were daily local newspapers that received letters and had the kind of adverts you could reply to, all finished in copper and bordered … Continue reading Nostalgia Post

The Crown

The Crown Brewery once stood on Bradford Road in the village of Northowram, just north of Halifax. It was built in the 1870s as a brewery by John Eastwood, a local farmer who had turned his hand to brewing a few years earlier. The brewery closed in 1900, and the building was finally demolished in … Continue reading The Crown