I'm not sure exactly where or when I took this photo, but - this is a Halifax roof. Unconventional, different, with a twisted sense of humour. Well worn, hard worked - but as strong as a stone quarry.
The third element of my Dewsbury triptych is the rather beautiful Dewsbury Town Hall, built in 1886 by local architects Henry Hottom and Geo...
I believe the roof is overlooking Boothtown along the road that leads from Claremount and then makes its way down to the Shiden Mill Inn. I used to walk this road during my lunch hour when I worked in Swift's drawing office.
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