black teeth & a brilliant smile

the short reckless life of andrea dunbar  { Spectator}

Me & Cathy went to this talk at Halifax Central Library attending anevent  given by actor/author George Costigan & author/poet AdeleStripe.
 Much of the conversation  was around the life of Bradford writer Andrea Dunbar.Proper Northern Chops!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Costigan 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Dunbar 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelle_Stripe

https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/Rita-Sue-Bob-too7th-December-2017/ 

Upper George Pub,Halifax.

https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/Upper-George-Halifax-30th-November-2017/

black friday

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/nov/23/uk-no-earnings-growth-budget-brexit-productivity-ifs

 

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/

3 studio photos

The prompt for this week's sepia saturday is "studio photos"
 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

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/

https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/Commoners-choirHebden-Bridge-Trades-Club11th-Nov2017/

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

“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 

my own photo from a later Gala Parade.It's not me in the bath !

جلال‌الدین محمد رومی

  Photos of me out for a curry with friends on Thursday night.