Holmfield Mill in Halifax - a photograph I must have taken in the late 1960s or early 70s. I had a summer job there at about that time, working as a "bobbin-ligger" - collecting used bobbins from around the mill and stacking them in pointless piles.
Tag: Halifax
Kind Of Blue
The colour isn't particularly real - I must have added it at some stage in the fifty or so years since I took the original photograph. We tend, however, to think of Halifax back in the '60s and '70s in terms of black and white, forgetting that the mill-ponds could occasionally reflect blue skies. You … Continue reading Kind Of Blue
Monumental Beer
I must have taken this photograph of the Old Lane Inn, Halifax, in the mid-1960s, by which time it had already closed. It briefly came back to life as Dicky Mints 20 years later, before closing again, and eventually, the building was demolished. The monumental bottle of beer painted on the gable wall should have … Continue reading Monumental Beer
Peeled Away By Time
This is one of those photos where I have to start drawing potential lines of sight in order to work out where I was standing (it was an awfully long time ago!). There's Whitaker's Brewery and there are (I think) the Albion Street flats. And there are numerous layers of industry, most of which have … Continue reading Peeled Away By Time
All In A Day – Shibden Hall
And so we get to the conclusion of our little, week-long mystery tour, and the answer is, of course, Shibden Hall in Halifax. All the previous six photographs were taken there during the course of a recent visit there. Most people from these parts will be familiar with the timber-framed medieval manor house and its … Continue reading All In A Day – Shibden Hall
All In A Day 6: Diary
All In A Day: 6. Diary. One Final Clue - "Charles and James Howarth moved Adney‘s mahogany wardrobe and my large mahogany chest of drawers into tent room as also my paper drawers and oak cupboard – moved Adney’s 2 mahogany bureaus into the north parlour (north dining room) – busy with the moving till 12 50" (Wednesday 1st October 1834)
All In A Day: 5. Masonry
All In A Day: 5. Masonry. "Near this place lieth interred the body of Charles, the son of Joseph Woodhead of Shelfehall who died February 28th 1728 aged 19 years and six weeks" No, it doesn't!
All In A Day: 4. Carpentry
My father would have been fascinated by these tools, as would his father, who probably owned a similar set. My brother will be fascinated to see these tools. Whatever tools were available when it came to chopping up the DNA that went into me made an error, however, as they left out those solid craftsman-like … Continue reading All In A Day: 4. Carpentry
All In A Day. 3. Visibility
All In A Day: 3. Visibility. By now, many of you will have worked out the location of this week's images - if not, there will be more clues over the next few days. The windows are decorated with what are, in effect, fifteenth and sixteenth century emoji. Whilst some are a little faded and … Continue reading All In A Day. 3. Visibility
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