LIFE has taken over me. Finding a moment to do things I previously took for granted like checking emails, posting blogs, housework etc has become difficult. But on this Saturday I have a couple of minutes to share a few photos of stuff I have taken on my way to work recently on the sunrisy … More Saturday Silhouettes
Before I leave my office building forever in a month’s time, there was something I was just itching to do. I like photographing chimneys, rooftops etc and had always wanted to scramble about on our office roof, sneak round the chimney stack and pretend I was a cat burglar. Last week I did just that. … More Up on the roof
In part 1 I did a very brief history on the West Yorkshire village of Saltaire, and Salts Mill which employed the workers for whom the village was designed. It is a place I’d passed on the road through Shipley, usually going on to Keighley on the bus (though not often) and had wanted to … More Jill’s Jaunts – Saltaire part 2
For Jill’s birthday Jaunt, we have tripped off to Saltaire for the day. In part 1 will be the history bit, and the touristy bit will appear shortly in part 2. Where is Saltaire Four miles out of the West Yorkshire city of Bradford lies the ‘model village’ of Saltaire. Years back, when I first … More Jill’s Jaunts – Saltaire part 1
Yesterday I posted some stuff about the city of York, and a selection of the bunch of pictures I took. Today I’ll post a few more. York is such a proper interesting place that it is always rammed full of touristy types like me (although I’ve only come from Huddersfield, 40 miles away, and everyone … More Jill’s Jaunts – York part 2
This post is about the archaic walled city of York, famous for its snickleways*, its quaint streets with names like Goodramgate, Coppergate, Stonegate, Micklegate and Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate**. York is notorious also for flooding, for its ghosts and haunted locations, the many museums and antiquated buildings, its churches round every corner, the Christmas Market and Betty’s Edwardian … More Jill’s Jaunts – York, part 1
Back at the end of October I posted the first of these features about old mill buildings, starting with Upper Mills in Slaithwaite. Now, I have focused on the cluster of units which once made up Britannia Mills right in the centre of the village, and clumped between Britannia Road and Kiln Hill. The magnificent … More My Ways and by-ways – Old Colne Valley Mills in pictures – Britannia Mills
Me and my little Fujifilm Finepix have been out and about exploring some nooks and corners in my home-town this week. Historic Huddersfield Huddersfield has history going way back, before it ever became the bustling market and university town it is today. Set in the heart of Pennine Yorkshire, Huddersfield is surrounded by moorland, and … More My ways and By-ways – Not so hidden Huddersfield
Where there's a Jill there's a way 