Thursday, 22 September 2016
Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Monday, 19 September 2016
Friday, 16 September 2016
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Sunday, 11 September 2016
1493 : Snakes Alive
One of the photographs of the gig by Snake Davis and the Ben Crosland Trio at Jazz@The Keys, Huddersfield on Friday night. Great music at a great venue with an appreciative and enthusiastic audience.
Friday, 9 September 2016
1492 : You've Got To Admire The British Upper Class
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1609A-60 : Shibden Park Lake, Halifax |
You've got to admire the British upper class. If they look out of their window and consider the view of the valley and the river a little less than inspiring, they can order up a team of labourers to dam up the river and create a monumental lake. Anne Lister was one of the biggest employers of child labour in the coal mines of the Halifax area in the nineteenth century. She used the profits to change the view out of her window. You've got to admire the British upper class.
Thursday, 8 September 2016
1491 : If This Was A Sculpture
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1609A-59 : Rusted Gate, Fixby |
If this was a sculpture, that fine lived-in colour would be called a patina. But it is an old iron fence and therefore it is just rust. If this was a sculpture, it would be displayed in a gallery and would be full of meaning. But it is an iron fence in a field, a field full of grass.
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
1490 : Rain-Dripping, Mist-Encasing, Damp-Draining Field
Monday, 5 September 2016
1489 : Worth Getting Wet For
Saturday, 3 September 2016
1488 : Collateral Damage
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Sometimes when I see a lovely old building I want to strip away the cars, the advertising hoardings, the street signs and the people and just appreciate the lines of the building itself (I long to discover an editing program that can do this for me!). At other times all that collateral colour and noise just add to the building. This is the case with the lovely old Grosvenor Picture Palace on Oxford Road, Manchester which I walked by yesterday. Designed by Percy Hothersall in what is described as "Renaissance-influenced Roman-Corinthian" style, it was the largest cinema outside London at the time of its opening in 1915. Sadly it no longer shows films but serves cheap drinks to students.
Friday, 2 September 2016
1487 : Body And Soul
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It takes a lot to keep my outside a pub and restaurant when the night is coming on and a thirst is gathering. But last night, stood outside the 3 Acres in Shelley, I have to confess I hesitated and spent a few minutes refreshing my soul by looking at the sunset over Huddersfield. And then, of course, I entered and refreshed my body.
Thursday, 1 September 2016
1486 : On The State Of Live Music In The UK
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