Half A Walk

I'm inviting you to come and take a walk around Halifax in the 1930 courtesy of an old picture postcard from my collection. Or rather, half a picture postcard - the image is so full of fascinating detail I have divided it into two and you can see the second half tomorrow. You can start your walk at the station (centre-left) and work you way through the soot-black streets to the unmistakable Piece Hall. Enjoy!

The Fourth Little Piggy

This is one of the old mills that line the Calder and Hebble Navigation as it makes its way through Brighouse. It's like a practical demonstration of every kind of building method known to mankind. If there had been four little piggies in the tale, this is how the fourth piggy would have built his house.

Back Street, Back Then

I think this is somewhere in Halifax, and I believe I took the photograph sometime in the 1960s. My apologies for not being more exact and for not keeping a proper note of when and where these photographs were taken. I keep records now with endless metadata and geotagged locations. I have nothing better to do now; back then, I had a life to lead.

That Look

 

My love of images is very much a love of static images rather than moving ones. I'm not a TikTok type of chap; I've never been comfortable with films and videos. With a single photo, you are forced to survey the scene and then focus on the content: the caller's microphone, the attendant's raised arm, and that look, always that look.

A Walkley Man

 

My love of old photographs has led me to collect thousands of them over the years and share them with fellow enthusiasts throughout the world. One way in which I do this is via a weekly internet meme, Sepia Saturday, which I started way back in 2009. Our theme this week is "Old Photographs As Works Of Art," and my contribution is this wonderful portrait of an unknown man, which I acquired many years ago as part of an eBay purchase.

This is my contribution to Sepia Saturday 807. To see other contributions go to the Sepia Saturday Blog and follow the links.

A Light From The East

 

Happy New Year

 

365 And 1,931

 

Salute The Happy Morn

 

A Brass Card

 

Christmas Present