Bobbin Ligging

 

Flying Home To Sheffield

 

A Difficult Year Ahead - Get Me A Crate Of Ale

 

Nonchalant In Downtown Bradford

 

Playing Water Polo On The Wireless On Cooper Lane

 

Muck-Made Grey And Glow

 

2023 : That Was The Year That Was

 

The Blossoming Of The Halifax Lamb

 

Love, Loss, Mundanity And Miss Marie Leonhard

 

Actors and Music Hall Stars of the late 19th and early 20th century were lucky enough to be famous during the great picture postcard boom of 1903-1914. Thus their images transcended normal geographic boundaries, travelling from street to street, and town to town, with messages of love, loss and mundanity. In this case, the delightful Miss Marie Leonhard prefaced a message to Lizzie Hadley from her friend Megg, telling her where to meet her tomorrow afternoon.

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 tobacconist and walking stick dealer, Skue's Oriental Cafe, and that smoking mill chimney almost hidden by the magnificent town hall tower

Chimneys, Stacks And Towers

 

Most of my old photos of Halifax tend to be looking down onto the town from the surrounding hilltops, providing the kind of view that we get from Google Earth and the like. When I abandoned the hilltops the results were layer after layer of chimneys, stacks and towers.