Thursday, November 23, 2017
Thursday, November 16, 2017
gentle cheeses meek and mild.........
Ladies & Gentlemen Martin Platt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Platt
He knew that Coronation Street was shit. He would rather sell you fucking cheese
https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/Manchester-German-Markets-16th-November-2017/
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
3 studio photos
The prompt for this week's sepia saturday is "studio photos"
I give you 3 of mine.
I give you 3 of mine.
My grandma Helen who died in childbirth.
My mum as a newborn orphan with nurse instead of mother.
My poor wee orphaned Mum
All were shot in Edinburgh in the early 1920s.
sepia-saturday-394
Monday, November 13, 2017
Boris Johnson's Head Apon a Stick!
Me & Cath found ourself Guests of The Commoners Choir at Hebden Bridge Trades Club tonight..
Never been "guests" before! Gold Tags and no pay ( we did buy a CD & teashirt afterwards..it only seemed fair..)
I used to work with Mark Wyatt ( one of the 50 folk onstage tonight) Commoners Choir are rather brilliant.
http://www.commonerschoir.com/
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https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/Commoners-choirHebden-Bridge-Trades-Club11th-Nov2017/ |
Wednesday, November 01, 2017
Piece Hall & Square Chapel Halifax
Me & Cath were in Halifax yesterday.
I had an eye-test at Specsavers.
Then we walked around The Piece Hall:Square Chapel & Central Library.
We have (another) funeral tomorrow.zimnoch.smugmug.com/Piece-Hall-Halifax30th-October-2017/i-f9rwXnq/A
On Friday we are back at the Square Chapel to see the movie "The Death of Stalin"
See my photos here:https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/Piece-Hall-Halifax30th-October-2017/
visit the Piece Hall website here: The Halifax Piece Hall
Friday, October 27, 2017
“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears" :Rumiی
This week's sepia saturday theme is around "Parades".
I share a photo below of The Halifax Charity Gala Parade sometime in the70's.
I was a Samartian Volunteer for 7 years in Halifax. ( n.b.The Samaritans are a suicide support line)
You can read much more about that here
During my searches for this post I also came across This
wonderful video of 1950's Halifax.Included (17 minutes in ) is the Gala Parade through the town center and at Manor Heath..Copyright prevents me from embedding here, but it's worth a view here http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/civil-defence-exercise-etc
جلالالدین محمد رومی
Photos of me out for a curry with friends on Thursday night.
I was a Samartian Volunteer for 7 years in Halifax. ( n.b.The Samaritans are a suicide support line)
You can read much more about that here
During my searches for this post I also came across This
wonderful video of 1950's Halifax.Included (17 minutes in ) is the Gala Parade through the town center and at Manor Heath..Copyright prevents me from embedding here, but it's worth a view here http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/civil-defence-exercise-etc
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my own photo from a later Gala Parade.It's not me in the bath ! |
Photos of me out for a curry with friends on Thursday night.
Friday, October 20, 2017
she's not there
This is a sepia saturday post
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from my Aunty Brenda's photo collection. an unknown stranger outside her door in Perth Scotland.... |
I told you two weeks ago that we were attending the funeral of Sue Trigg in Fixby.
As a result ,we did go to Fixby Crematorium.
We did attend at 2pm on Friday
But, It turns out ,I got the week wrong and we attended on Friday 13th (not Friday 20th).
To compound the mistake ,we followed the mourners into the 2pm service.
Now I wasnt surprised not to recognise any of the fellow mourners.
I knew Sue from 50 years ago at School plus our various much more recent 1- to -1 meetings had been at Hebden Bridge Trades club.We know none of her family or none of her more recent friends.
So . Me & Cath are sat at the back of the room at Fixby Crematorium on Friday 13th.
The only speaker was a Polish Priest who talked for about 5 minutes...but his accent was soo thick that I only understood about 10% of anything he said.
Although,halfway through,he did say "JILL" which set a few alarm bell ringing........
No family members spoke. So after a short service I went to the coffin ( no photo on it). Touched the coffin. Made the sign of the cross and we followed the other mourners out the door and down a corridor.
I then shook hands with the priest, who was stood next to the framed photo of a beautiful elderly lady called (you guest it!) JILL. Me and Cath left blushing to avoid upsetting to our fellow mourners......
I had never been to Fixby Crem before,so at least it turned out to be a 'rehearsal ' for Sue's funeral today.Although ,are not all funerals "rehersals" really?
Sue's funeral was packed today.Very moving ,and a great tribute to such a grand lass.
Lots of music! As we entered the service we were greeted by Santana playing "She's not there" playing full blast.
I couldnt help thinking that Sue ,sat in the sky,was looking down on me and taking the piss about my adventures the previous week !
During the service,the vicar asked the mourners to give Sue's coffin a round of applause ( a new one on me).
Her service concluded with John Martyn singing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow".
Now,the previous week i had taken this photo of a rainbow over the crematorium.Maybe this was the real purpose of my mistaken visit to Jill the previous week? one Door Shuts: Another One Opens I Guess.......
Finally, my most recent photos......
See all these photos in one place here
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
" the shortest poem is a name" Anne Michaels.
A busy week.
Me and Cathy went into Manchester's Literature Festival yesterday. We attended a talk by the mighty Canadian writer Anne Micheals.
Then, on Friday 20th October., we pay respect at Sue Trigg's funeral in Fixby. I went to Clare Hall School in Halifax, with dear sweet Sue.....
On Saturday night,we go to The Shay in Halifax for Dave's 60th Birthday. Also .This week. We have had a very firm legal offer for our home in Hebden Bridge!
Two media folk from London.
One ( 3rd right) works on several big shows.Including BBC's "The Apprentice".
Lots of detail to sort out (eg where we move too!) Watch this space!
I have to say, I am wondering what lovely music will be played at Sue's cremation on Friday.......
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Then, on Friday 20th October., we pay respect at Sue Trigg's funeral in Fixby. I went to Clare Hall School in Halifax, with dear sweet Sue.....
On Saturday night,we go to The Shay in Halifax for Dave's 60th Birthday. Also .This week. We have had a very firm legal offer for our home in Hebden Bridge!
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One ( 3rd right) works on several big shows.Including BBC's "The Apprentice".
Lots of detail to sort out (eg where we move too!) Watch this space!
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Sue at The Hebden Bridge Trades Club:you can tell her by the smile. |
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Sue Trigg at Clare Hall School ,Halifax. front Row.2nd from the right.It's easy! You can tell from the smile. |
Monday, October 02, 2017
if they wont let us dream,we wont let them sleep...
Until I retired last month,I worked with Mark Wyatt at Calderdale Council.
Here is a clip of him singing on Sunday 1st October in Manchester with the commoners choir
Part protest against the Tory Conference being held in the city:part a dance on the grave of those UKIP cunts. ..........
Take Back Manchester Festival 2017 Programme
Saturday, September 23, 2017
I Salute you Christopher.
As Helen
mentions in the 'comments' section below , the arrangement in the picture is unusual.It is the house ,not the people who are given prominance. The group are almost incidental......
I keep searching the many widows to check if i see anybody is peeking at us outside...!
So,something of a mystery is this photograph.
I found it among my Aunt Brenda's collection after she died.gallery/n-qhJbM/
Now,it was among many family photos taken in Canada & the USA at the turn of the century.
I know that the young Brenda travelled there with my grandfather & his first wife ( she died & he remarried my grandmother about ten years later).
Now her other photos of North America are clearly labelled.But she also had two different photos of this house ( basically .one with this family group & one without).These were not labelled in any way.......
The people in it dont look like my grandfather & Brenda.Tho,so far away,I could be wrong about that......
A bit of a mystery.I cant say this looks like Canada or New York State...tho ,who knows?
The Mighty Harry Leslie Smith talks with the aide of sepia photography in the above video.
It's the UK Labour Party's Annual Conference next week.
The following week sees my son Christopher's birthday.
mentions in the 'comments' section below , the arrangement in the picture is unusual.It is the house ,not the people who are given prominance. The group are almost incidental......
I keep searching the many widows to check if i see anybody is peeking at us outside...!
So,something of a mystery is this photograph.
I found it among my Aunt Brenda's collection after she died.gallery/n-qhJbM/
Now,it was among many family photos taken in Canada & the USA at the turn of the century.
I know that the young Brenda travelled there with my grandfather & his first wife ( she died & he remarried my grandmother about ten years later).
Now her other photos of North America are clearly labelled.But she also had two different photos of this house ( basically .one with this family group & one without).These were not labelled in any way.......
The people in it dont look like my grandfather & Brenda.Tho,so far away,I could be wrong about that......
A bit of a mystery.I cant say this looks like Canada or New York State...tho ,who knows?
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this is a sepia saturday |
The Mighty Harry Leslie Smith talks with the aide of sepia photography in the above video.
It's the UK Labour Party's Annual Conference next week.
The following week sees my son Christopher's birthday.
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http://www.robertmontgomery.org/ |
Saturday, September 16, 2017
midsomer murders on drugs.........
Jesus! Only I could go to a Steam Punk Festival and come away with a copy of the Qur'an.........
or......view on smugmug:
In Other News:......In Bristol....."Martin Parr opens gallery for British documentary photographers" http://www.huckmagazine.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/martin-parr-launches-new-foundation/
or......view on smugmug:
Friday, September 15, 2017
The Dream of Mrs L.L. Nicholson from Oakland, California (1924)
post.
In 1924 California’s Tribune-American newspaper ran a competition for
its readers to write in with their most unusual dreams and the winning
entry was made into a short film.
This is Mrs L.L. Nicholson from
Oakland’s dream of losing her baby, rowing across San Francisco Bay,
picking up some fish, and eventually discovering her lost child in a
most unusual place and in trouble with the law. .............
https://archive.org/details/prelinger
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Kentucky has entered the building
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One of my photos |
https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/Joan-ShelleyHebden-Bridge-TradesClub-17th-Sept-2017/
"elderly people who have unfulfilled wishes..".
love that shit! Where would you like me to begin?
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the view from inside the Hebden Bridge Trades Club today |
(As is usually the case) I will keep adding/taking away stuff in this post over the next few days.
I will also attempt the tricky task of trying to translate the post into Kentuckyanese but I'm really not promising anything on that !
At the moment I will pop a few Joan Shelley videos below.These i may replace eventually with my photos/ video from Sunday's gig
Saturday, September 09, 2017
vast dignity like the night sky
(apologies & regards to TT)
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As I post this ,dear beautiful Cuba is being battered by Storm Irma . So this is topical.Here is a photo I took in Habana in 1997.Two lads make a chariot/ racing car out of the top of a crate. |
My Son Chris & a toy train in the Dominican Republic.....plus,things to do with a polish chicken & english ballons.......(click each for biggary)
We laugh at children 'pretending'........I sometimes wonder if it ever really goes away? Witness Trump
Tuesday, September 05, 2017
be just and if you can't be just , be arbitrary ~ William S Burroughs.
This blog is now available in Dutch! click here
to read.
Why not join Me & Cathy this Sunday (10th) at Lister Lane Cemetery kick-off 1pm for this tour & talk...meanwhile,dear visitors,
geniet van je lezing.
listen via: audioboom
Halifax Heritage Festival
to read.
Why not join Me & Cathy this Sunday (10th) at Lister Lane Cemetery kick-off 1pm for this tour & talk...meanwhile,dear visitors,
geniet van je lezing.
listen via: audioboom
Halifax Heritage Festival
1965 Interview with William Burroughs The Art Of Fiction
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