These are strange times: there seems so much to do in the world and yet we are assured that our best contribution is to stay at home. So what else is there to do other than to turn to the past and set out on a virtual voyage of exploration. By walking in the footsteps I took 55 years ago, I can still safely wander down crowded streets and see sights that are no longer visible. The following six photographs come from a strip of 35mm negatives I shot sometime in the mid to late 1960s around the town of Brighouse in West Yorkshire. I have featured each of these shots on the Brighouse History Facebook Group, and members have helped me identify the exact location I must have used. Some of the buildings are still there, some have substantially changed, some have gone altogether. Looking at these photographs, there is a greyness about the town that seems to fit with the time they were taken. I like to think that Brighouse is a much more vibrant and colourful place these days.
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| Looking towards Brighouse from the west; taken from Elland Road. |
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| A similar shot with the camera rotated slightly. |
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| A busy Commercial Street in the centre of town |
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| The old recreation ground at Wellholme Park, Brighouse |
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| Looking down on Brighouse from the north, with St James Church on the right |
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| The mill complex at Bailiff Bridge, to the north of Brighouse |
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