I must have taken this photograph in about 1970. Clearly it is Paradise Street. My first thought was that it was in Elland, but a quick search reveals no such street. But there is a Paradise Street in Halifax, now completely cleared of all its houses. So, now we know the location of paradise.
Excellent shot, Alan. I love the chimneys. As for the location of Paradise, John Prine had something to say about that - http://youtu.be/DEy6EuZp9IY. It's not there any more, either; Mr. Peabody's coal train hauled it all away.
ReplyDeleteChimmnies of Mary poppins.
ReplyDeletevery cool photo...love the chimneys!
ReplyDeleteAnd the barbed wire fence is to keep who or what out, or is it in?
ReplyDeletewell, this is interesting, the second allusion to John Prine tonight from two sources. Love it. I'm a big fan, and I'm a big fan of your photography. Love this shot Look at those cars, the chimneys and that fence.
ReplyDeleteI like seeing the vehciles- especially in this place called paradise! I happy to find it!
ReplyDeleteSpare me your version of paradise! I am not a city girl, though I do like to see your photographs
ReplyDeleteNow I'm keen to know
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They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
and a swinging hot spot
I never knew there were cobbles in Paradise. The chimneys are very striking. Great shot, so much history.
ReplyDeleteLet's see, there have been references to John Prine and Joni Mitchell. How about John Milton?
ReplyDeleteYour commentators are hilarious...but so it the photo.
ReplyDeleteThese were a very common trademark housing pattern. I've always liked the chimneys.
ReplyDeleteI thought paradise was in Alberta? Saskatchewan has a Paradise Hill?
I was going to say something about the chimneys, but then thought I wouldn't follow the crowd. So I'm saying nothing.
ReplyDeleteThat is strange that they have cleared the area. It is normal for over here but not over in the old country.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's hard not to say something abut those chimneys.... looks like they're still growing.
ReplyDeleteAlan.Where in Halifax was Paradise? King X Street area.......?(if so) I,ve a funny feeling I was a Paperboy there as a Lad!
ReplyDeleteI lived off Paradise Road in Heaton, Bradford, around 1980. It looked exactly like that and hasn't changed much since. Of course there are cobbles in paradise.
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