Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Halifax Town Hall
Chimneys, Stacks And Towers
Desktop Calendar : Harry's Cricket Cows
Saturday, September 09, 2023
The Chorus Line
Desktop Calendar : Helsinki Burns Boats
Desktop Calendar : Summer View Rhapsody
Monday, September 04, 2023
Yorkshire Grit
Sunday, September 03, 2023
Busy Line
Saturday, September 02, 2023
On This Day : Cruising With The Dressed Dolls
If you put an advert in the papers today inviting people to a September cruise, no doubt they would turn up with suitcases packed and passports at the ready. Sixty-fives years ago, however, expectations were far less exotic. The 10th anniversary September Cruise was being held at the Alexandra Hall in Halifax, and rather than being rum punch cocktails served on the lido deck under the Caribbean stars, it was a mannequin parade, a bring and buy sale, and a doll dressing competition. The cabaret song and dance (produced by Madame Amie Ibbetson) would be the highlight of the day, and all told, it would be well worth the couple of bob it costs to go along.
The Two Ladies Of Vancouver
Friday, September 01, 2023
Desktop Calendar : 29-31 August 2023
1/1001 : St. Mary Overy's Wharf
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
Headscarves And Unwashed Spuds
Desktop Calendar : 6 - 8 August 2023
Halfway To Paradise
Sunday, August 06, 2023
Halifax's Plastic Skittle
What A Difference An "E" Makes
Desktop Calendar : 3 - 5 August 2023
Thursday, August 03, 2023
The Wandering Lion Of Stoke
A Smooth And Symphonic Final Journey
Wednesday, August 02, 2023
Is That You, Uncle Albert?
Desktop Calendar : 31 July - 2 August 2023
Tuesday, August 01, 2023
Picturesque Halifax
This picture postcard dates from 1918 and is entitled "Picturesque Halifax" although I am not convinced the five photographs live up to that billing. Maybe it is the sepia patina, maybe it is changing perceptions of what is "picturesque", I find it difficult, however, to get excited by Cote Hill or Ogden Reservoir. To celebrate Yorkshire Day, I have tried to update the card to feature my five illustrations of picturesque Halifax. Here is the final version, along with the five individual views.
Halifax Town Hall
This is an old picture postcard of Halifax Town Hall from my collection. It is the detail that is fascinating: Salmon & Glucksters tob...

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Whilst 198392cjh is the only person/machine/computer programme to have provided feedback to my Daily Photo Blog (see "Apple Campers Bui...
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The Lad is back. He had been skiing in France and got stuck for a time when the ports of Calais and Dover were closed by the snow and cold....