Friday, September 18, 2020

pressure drop

This is a Sepia Saturday post; to see other posts , click here 

https://sepiasaturday.blogspot.com/2020/09/sepia-saturday-538-19-september-2020.html Posting colourised images onto onto "Sepia Saturday" is a bit like Dylan going electric?! "Judas" :)

 

 

Some more old family photos I uploaded&coloured this week.
Some are of me & my brother Zyg as kids .Plus my Mum & Dad and Aunt Brenda..
Also a couple of Polish Funerals from the 1960's.
Although my Dad arrived in England during the war ( and joined the Polish Free Air Force Battle of Arnhem et al) , he never got an English passport. And because he deserted the Soviet Army ,early in the war, he was afraid,if he ever went home ,the Polish Communist Government might arrest him.
So ,apart from one visit back in 1965 to see his dying mum ( I was with him when we visited her in hospital:the only time I ever met my Grandma)
As a result, his only contact with the family was by letter. As the years rolled on, he/we recieved photos of funerals. His only contact with a past life......
Here are two examples of family funeral he couldn't attend in person.....
it's maybe why I ,in turn,was also attracted to photography.See the 12 colourised photos here:

A photo of me this week in Hebden Bridge with my Sauna/Swimming buddy Haley.A top published London author (non fiction:Asperger) and very nice lass. See all my week's photos here https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/Sony-/

Friday, September 11, 2020

I Shall Be Unleashed

 click:everything you will ever need to know about Dylan and dogs.....


 

I told my brother Zyg that I was uploading   these:
old,but newly,coloured old family photos.

 He gave his blessing."Why should I be bothered? I have nothing to hide" he said.

Wednesday, September 02, 2020

A coloured widow in South Parade Halifax 1967


 

I've been full of Cold/Flu:staying much indoors.Sleeping endlessly .....anyway it's given me time to upload & colour more old family photos.You can see them all here https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/COLOURISED-IMAGES/  

And they are all still on display on the slideshow in  the previous post.https://everton.blogspot.com/2020/08/ive-started-colouring-100s-of-my-family.html

One bit of good news.Todmorden Pool reopens on the 9th September.Hurray! Conversely.... 


 

 

 





Saturday, August 22, 2020

I've started colouring 100's of my Family photos!

https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/COLOURISED-IMAGES/ 

My Grandfather took these shots at the Lake Saranac "Winter Festival" in 1902 in upstate New York.

He lived and worked there for a couple of years with my Aunt Brenda.

(n.b.The audio at the moment is Jackson Browne)

The family rumour was that  my grandfather spent some of his time   in The States "Prospecting for gold". I really don't know about that! (sounds like bollocks to me!) But who knows? 

Uncertainty being something of a family  tradition.....

He later became a Barber in Fife:became  a Tory Councillor:joined the merchant navy and is buried in Malta.He died in 1953. He saw me once when I was a baby. So anything is possible!

All new ones will be added to this slideshow when i have processed them.Check back frequently! https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/COLOURISED-IMAGES/

Saturday, August 15, 2020

Krumlin 1970

You can even buy this new book with a foreword from Brian Highley :https://bleedingcheekpress.bigcartel.com/product/pink-floyd-are-fogbound-in-paris-the-story-of-the-1970-krumlin-festival

Brian Highley Bio. (Festival Organiser & interviewed in this clip)

 

I went to this! Aged 18. I was working as a Student Nurse at Stansfield View Hospital in Todmorden..(must have had the weekend off). Still living with my Mum & Dad in Halifax. £3 for a weekend ticket. A bit of a shambles, but I had nothing to compare it with, so I was happy as a pig in shit!

My head was full of Friendz & OZ Magazines. Timothy Leary & Co. 8 months later I had jacked in my nurse training and gone to live & work in London (St Pauls Youth Hostel)

Highlights for me was listening to Sandy Denny singing and (god help me ) Elton John.

https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2020-08-13/50th-anniversary-of-yorkshires-first-ever-major-music-festival

 

That handbill wasn't 'who' actually appeared here is a list of who finally took the stage....

Friday, July 31, 2020

Pink Floyd :Roger Waters


Mr Corbyn's Legal Fund Stands at £325,000 (Friday 31st)

my birthday!


We just went to The White Lion in Hebden Bridge for my birthday (photo by Chris) I would have prefered Haworth Old Hall but the road to Keighley is shut for several months, so we had to slum it this year!
(Clive sent me a grand Dylan audio yesterday ,that i will add here later) https://www.visitcalderdale.com/the-cragg-vale-coiners

Saturday, July 25, 2020

The Trial of Keef Starmer


I'm in pretty much the same place that I was on July1st 2016 when I took this photo.
Me & Cath were in Picadilly Gardens Manchester.At the time of the first "Chicken Coup" against Mr Corbyn.
A Protest in his support.
Other photos from that day are here: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-6rBW36/

I notice on twitter today that several legal folk have offered their services free when/if it any future Trial happens.
 Keith Starmer will be forced to disclose some of his secrets?.
Bring It On!
Note this sum is made up of ordinary people making modest donations.£5's £10's seems the typical sums involved.(note :this appeal began on Thursday 23rd July )
This seems apt.taken at another Manchester demo.I mean, there is bugger all else to do for the next 4 years.May as well kick up a fuss!

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Friday, July 17, 2020

Still My Leader


You know, I am totally unreconstructed ! Over 200000 members have left the Labour Party since Keith Starmer became to new Labour Party leader in UK.
The new Series of The Apprentice  looks like shit.

song to the siren


x

Monday, July 13, 2020

Rest In Peace

One of Roy's last photos on  his blog https://roys-world.blogspot.com/


I was sad to learn of the death of  Roy Hilbinger  from Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
One of my longest & most loyal and regular visitors on this blog  .
A brilliant photographer and massive music man.
What a beautiful yet fragile place this is.........

yesterday......


Saturday, July 11, 2020

far too much time on my hands:'playing on FaceApp:........sɯɹɐ ʎɯ ǝʌɐɥs ʇsnɯ

Several of these this week.This is the kindess one for Keith Starmer: 
𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
 𝗖𝗢𝗡: 𝟰𝟰% (+𝟯) 𝗟𝗔𝗕: 𝟯𝟴% (0) 𝗟𝗗𝗠: 𝟳% (-𝟭) 
 𝗩𝗶𝗮 :𝗗𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝗨𝗞 , 𝟵-𝟭𝟬 𝗝𝘂𝗹. 
𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘄/ 𝟰-𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗻.

Thursday, July 09, 2020

might do a spot of surfing down t'canal.....

That Barber in Mytholmroyd is bloody brilliant!
 Fixed my hair & teeth! (.I seem to have "American Teeth" now.....) 
My new Dylan cd arrived today & plus got one of those Fitness Watch things (sleep:Walking:swimming :heart rate:etc ) 
All ahead of my Birthday at the end of the month. 
+hoping to take part in a Zoom Conference tonight concerning Rock N Roll .Which should also be good. 
After that,I might do a spot of surfing down t'canal..... 

Grand Zoom tonight!

Saturday, July 04, 2020

float all over you ............


My mate Nigel ( a good Labour Party man) has been busy with his drone again!
This is Wainhouse Tower in Halifax.
Another Quiet week .
Minus Good Weather!
 Next week see's me getting my first haircut in 3 months in Mytholmroyd :Wednesday 10:15 am
.On Thursday night another ZOOM Conference.This time a "Rock& Roll Zoom" with some music enthusiasts.Hopefully I will record this one and (maybe) put here.
 I havn't bought the new Dylan album yet (I've read good reports).But it's my birthday at the end of the month so I could have it by then!
Worrying news this week about Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre. shorturl.at/brAIR

Monday, June 22, 2020

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Ken's 85th Birthday


I took part in my first ever ZOOM Conference tonight.
It was to mark the 85th birthday of Ken who was the Head Warden of Carter Lane YHA Hostel in St Pauls ,City of London.
 I worked there in 1971.
 I must admit i find these  video conferences a bit weird .Especially this one, as I only knew a couple of people .A bit like attending a School Reunion with people I didn't go to school with.....
Still ,nice to see & hear Ken who looks & sounds remakably agile.

Monday, June 15, 2020

in the woods today, below King David's house.

Please read"The Gallows Pole"  http://tiny.cc/4onvqz 
The story of 'King David'  and the Yorkshire Clearances.
We did  it to ourselves well before we did to others...
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2017/06/gallows-poles-ultra-violence-turns-reading-kind-dare

Below a slideshow of all the images I have taken over 3 months during Covid.
These images begin on March 13 th in Bury at the last live gig I went to ( with Don & Margaret) 
.....and up to today's photos.
 I'm not sure what they show, other than my obsessive nature .Make of them what you will. If you cant be arsed watching, instead, here: is a fixed link to the whole Circus.

Balloon

If you love the Blue Nile, Prefab Sprout, Go-Betweens, Michael Head and all that good stuff, then you should give this a listen..........  ...