Today is the 750th Sepia Saturday, an internet meme I created back in the days when blogs were king and social media was in its infancy. For 750 weeks lovers of old photographs from all over the world have been sharing their finds and their treasures. This is my 750th contribution. My featured photograph this … Continue reading Return To The Mill
Tag: Old Photographs
The Maid, Unknown
Trucks And Mills
Background Colour
Bowls And Bookends
Dipping In Huddersmolinos
ILOVEOLDPHOTOS
This is another scan from the "Big Album" of prints from an unknown German photographer and dating from the mid-1920s. If I continue scanning and sharing these photos at my current rate, I estimate I should have worked my way through the entire album by Easter 2027. #iloveoldphotos
Victory & Bovril
28/1001 - Victory & Bovril : My quest to identify 1001 interesting photos I took before I died continues. This was 1968, I was probably chanting some anti-war slogan as I marched from Trafalgar Square to Grosvenor Square, but I still had my camera to hand to capture the occasion.
JOHN THE MATE
The time must be somewhere around the late 1920s. The place will have been Bradford. The man on the left is my Uncle John, who was a wagon drivers' mate. Not sure who the wagon driver - the one with the cap - was. The star of the photo shoot, however, must surely have been … Continue reading JOHN THE MATE