Lofthouse Colliery Disaster 50th Anniversary
The Lofthouse Colliery Disaster cost seven lives and took place on 21 March 1973. I was privileged to attend the 50th anniversary commemoration on 19 March 2023, organised by Tony
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Charles Mingus
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 1964
Leeds graffiti artist
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 photographed
Mick Parkin, 1957 – 2018
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 what
Platform 1, Huddersfield
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 last
Platform 1, Huddersfield
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 it
First visit to Carbeth, May 2021
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 I
Carbeth Huts
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 communities
South Gare Fisherman’s Huts Association
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 who
The Mock Mayor of Middleton
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 bit