Cine film of grasstrack motorcycle racing, Hopwell Hall, 1951
I recently found a couple of Pathescope films shot by my father in the early 1950s. The more interesting one is of grasstrack motorcycle racing in September 1951. Pathescope is a 9.5mm cine film...
View ArticleTerminus
One of my Christmas Day highlights (*) was seeing John Schlesinger’s film Terminus for the first time in many years. A 33 minute short produced by British Transport Films, it documents a day at...
View ArticleDartmouth Harbour in 1955 and 2019
Two views of the harbour at Dartmouth, the first taken in 1955 and the second a couple of days ago. Not very much seems to have changed in the last 64 years. The walls are…Continue Reading The post...
View ArticleChester in 1952 vs 2019
I returned to Chester last week to attend the BPS occupational psychology conference. As I arrived early, I took the opportunity to re-shoot two of the 1952 photographs of Chester that I’d got wrong...
View ArticleA blat to Rutland Water
It was perfect weather for getting out in the Caterham today. Rather than head up into the peaks as usual, I decided instead to meander towards Rutland Water. The drive along the A6006 and...
View ArticleI’ve always liked Totnes
I’ve always liked Totnes. Especially the Tudor Butterwalk, the Babbage room in the museum and walking by the river. I confess however that I’d not noticed the castle until the last time I visited...
View ArticleA hunt in the centre of Spondon
I’m unable to date this photograph of my father’s exactly, but my guess is that it will be from the late 1940s or early 1950s. I can’t imagine a hunt ever managing to make its…Continue Reading The post...
View ArticleA snowy Spondon Methodist Church
One of the other astonishing¹ photographs found in my father’s collection yesterday is this view of Spondon Methodist Church. It’s scanned from a small print as the negative seems to be missing. I...
View ArticleR H Moss ghost sign
While picking up a new pair of glasses this morning, I spotted this ghost sign in Long Eaton. It’s located on the Claye Street side of the building that was, until fairly recently, the Miss…Continue...
View ArticleA 1940s Spondon Carnival
Three photographs from a Spondon Carnival of the late 1940s. The first two images show the procession emerging from Cambridge Street onto Willowcroft Road. The third picture is the Celanese float,...
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