Tag: Sheffield

Such Is Life

I must have taken this photograph of the Jessop Hospital in Sheffield sometime around the late eighties. We were living in Sheffield at the time. Perhaps it was November 1989: I can certainly recall pacing around the Jessop Hospital, waiting for my son to be born. The son was born, and he and his mother … Continue reading Such Is Life

From Rumtickle To Cheese Bottom

I took this photo several years ago, and I'm not sure whether age has mellowed it or some random Photoshop filter has done it for me. Who cares? This is the gloriously named Rumtickle Viaduct that used to carry the Sheffield to Manchester railway over the valley between the equally gloriously named Cheese Bottom and … Continue reading From Rumtickle To Cheese Bottom

Questions And Answers

The street light poses a question - do we replace unsuitable old housing with unsuitable new housing? Can you throw light on the answer?

Pond Swimming

A trip into Sheffield last night reminded me how much the city has changed since I lived there 40 years ago. This photo of mine from the early 1980s is an even starker reminder. This was Ponds Forge when it was still forging steel rather than creating swimming and diving champions.

Angles And Patterns

This photograph dates back about 45 years to the time when we were living in Sheffield. In the Campo lane area of the city, there were some blocks of flats dating from the beginning of the twentieth century, and I would often wander the staircases and landings looking for angles and patterns.

A Bit Of a Mystery

I have the negatives to some 13,000 pictures I took before my switch to digital images 25 years ago. As I slowly work my way through these - scanning the negatives and turning them into digital images - I can recognise most of the locations. This one, however, is a bit of a mystery. A … Continue reading A Bit Of a Mystery

A Different Picture

If you go to Sheffield these days, one of the most vibrant parts of the city is Kelham Island - an area awash with bars, restaurants, and modern apartments. If you go back 40 years, it was a different picture - as my picture shows.

Back Yard

Continuing the unintended theme, we move from back street to back yard. I'm almost certain this particular back yard was in Sheffield, but I can't remember whose it was! No conceptual artist could have put together a collection of bins, fences and drainpipes with greater skill.

Happy Times

This photograph of Sheffield was taken some 40 years ago when we lived there. It was a bright, bustling place, full of people and lights and a good deal of happiness. If this photo is anything to go by, it also had its fare share of buses. Happy times.