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Charles Mingus

baryon97 Posted on 13/01/202215/01/2022

I have written a very small number of blog posts about Charles Mingus and here they are: “East Coasting,” 1957. Mingus in 1957. “Mingus Three,” featuring Hampton Hawes. The 1964Continue readingCharles Mingus

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Leeds graffiti artist

baryon97 Posted on 16/11/202118/11/2021

I took a walk from Hunslet into Leeds city centre, along the river, and met this graffiti artist at work under the A61 bridge. He was happy to be photographedContinue readingLeeds graffiti artist

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Mick Parkin, 1957 – 2018

baryon97 Posted on 27/10/202105/12/2021

Mick would not have approved of this. Before Mick died in December 2018, he made it clear that he wanted to slip away quietly, which is more or less whatContinue readingMick Parkin, 1957 – 2018

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Platform 1, Huddersfield

baryon97 Posted on 20/10/202125/10/2021

The wonderful Platform 1 organisation recently won a retired Pacer train carriage. Getting the carriage onsite wasn’t a trouble-free exercise: the first attempt had to be aborted at the lastContinue readingPlatform 1, Huddersfield

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Platform 1, Huddersfield

baryon97 Posted on 10/06/202111/07/2021

Platform 1 in Huddersfield is a brilliant organisation: initially, it was founded as a men’s mental health project, along the lines of the men’s shed movement (which is why itContinue readingPlatform 1, Huddersfield

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First visit to Carbeth, May 2021

baryon97 Posted on 28/05/202123/10/2022

Jump straight to my photos of Carbeth. I first heard of Carbeth in about 2005. My late friend Mick Parkin was writing a novel in which Carbeth featured, and IContinue readingFirst visit to Carbeth, May 2021

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Carbeth Huts

baryon97 Posted on 11/05/2021

I’ll be going up to Carbeth Huts very soon to take photographs there. I’ve been led there by two separate paths: the one which has taken me to other communitiesContinue readingCarbeth Huts

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South Gare Fisherman’s Huts Association

baryon97 Posted on 30/04/202130/04/2021

I had already heard about, but not visited, the cabins at Middleton, Hartlepool when, on a photographic trip with my youngest son Joe, we met a guy in Whitby whoContinue readingSouth Gare Fisherman’s Huts Association

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The Mock Mayor of Middleton

baryon97 Posted on 17/04/202124/04/2021

A few years ago, I read a tiny article in the i newspaper which mentioned a community of cabins in the area of Hartlepool called Middleton and, following a bitContinue readingThe Mock Mayor of Middleton

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The Kellingley March

baryon97 Posted on 17/04/202130/04/2021

For months preceding its closure, Kellingley Colliery had been in the news in Yorkshire and, when the date for closure came, I decided I’d go on the march the followingContinue readingThe Kellingley March

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