Category Archives: Daily Post

Jun 26 2013
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Daily Post, Transport

Manchester Victoria station roof

Wednesday 26th June 2013, 9.35am (day 671)

Victoria station roof, 26/6/13

Manchester Victoria station is like the down-and-out elder sister (*) of the brash, terribly metropolitan and far better-off sibling, Piccadilly. A backwater in transport terms already, it was further whacked by the IRA bomb which went off nearby in June 1996, and the roof has leaked, as far as I know, ever since. A couple of years ago it appeared on the list of ’10 Worst Railway Stations in Britain’, an accolade that all of us who use it heartily endorsed, I am sure. Still, at least now they seem to be putting a bit of effort into it. It only took 17 years, but let’s hope it helps the old thing.

(*) Well, it does have a girl’s name.

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Jun 25 2013
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Daily Post, Family Member, Portrait

Free spirit

Tuesday 25th June 2013, 5.55pm (day 670)

The spirit, 25/6/13

Let’s hope he still is, and stays so as long as possible.

By the way, I have 199 followers. Would you like to be number 200? A nice milestone to hit.

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Jun 24 2013
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Daily Post, Family Member, Portrait

Working at laptop (self-portrait)

Monday 24th June 2013, 11.40am (day 669)

Laptop self-portrait, 24/6/13

Had been worried that a sixth consecutive full day in Hebden Bridge would dampen the creativity, but this shot happened anyway and I like it. This is me, today.

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Jun 23 2013
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Landscape

Birthday party walk

Sunday 23rd June 2013, 1.35pm (day 668)

Kids in field, 23/6/13

Joe was invited to the birthday party of one of his friends, and though it was a bit cool and damp to take the picnic that was planned, we (that is, about 8 adults, 15 kids and 3 dogs) did get a walk up on the fells above the western end of Hebden Bridge. It did occasionally remind me why I do tend to walk alone… but still, like the Saturday last weekend, it showed me some parts of my locality that I have not seen, and that alone made it worth doing.

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Jun 22 2013
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Portrait, Stranger

Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade 2013

Saturday 22nd June 2013, 12.50pm (day 667)

Handmade Parade, 22/6/13

It was on this weekend last year that the summer in Hebden Bridge took a decided turn for the worse. The evening of 22/6/12 saw the first of two floods hit the town centre, an event which appeared on this blog only the following morning. The 2012 Handmade Parade did take place, albeit a week later than originally scheduled and produced this picture — that event becoming a kind of gesture of defiance in the face of the damage the town had suffered (though if it was a plea for mercy it was not answered; there was still 9th July to come, but more on that in two weeks’ time). The 2013 Parade could run as planned and became an anniversary celebration, the town still getting together in an amazing burst of creativity that impresses me each year, though I’ll never be part of it; I like photographing it too much.

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Jun 21 2013
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Flower bed, Italian restaurant

Friday 21st June 2013, 8.00pm (day 666)

Flower in restaurant, 21/6/13

Numerologically interesting day, possibly even apocryphal, or we could just see it as two-thirds of the way to 1,000 consecutive daily pictures. It’s Friday night and I never feel like cooking so went out for a pizza, and snapped this very well-coloured bloom while waiting for the Napoli to turn up.

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Jun 20 2013
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna, Friend, Portrait

Tara, second appearance

Thursday 20th June 2013, 5.35pm (day 665)

Tara, 20/6/13

Nice to have a friend appear on the blog. Tara’s second appearance as it happens; the first being back in April 2012. This shot is taken in the same place, same company, as that one. Life goes on and many things are seen but sometimes you come back to the same places, the same companions.

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Jun 19 2013
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Portrait, Stranger

Stallholder, Hebden Bridge market

Wednesday 19th June 2013, 9.00am (day 664)

Hebden Bridge market, 19/6/13

Seven days in a row at home now — I mean without leaving at all, even for work — and no nights away planned until well into July. This is unusual for me. I need to look around, reconnect.

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Jun 18 2013
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Vimto memorial, Sackville Street building

Tuesday 18th June 2013, 1.40pm (day 663)

Vimto memorial, 18/6/13

I went into Manchester today, but don’t tell anyone — officially I don’t go back to work there until early September. But there were reasons to go in today, which went beyond the desire to have the first Manchester photo on the blog since day 504 of the blog, 10th January, 159 days ago. This sculpture sits outside the university’s monumental Sackville Street building and pays homage to the local non-alcoholic beverage, Vimto, an anagram of, well, you can work it out.

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Jun 17 2013
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

Happy graffiti

Monday 17th June 2013, 8.30am (day 662)

Happy graffiti, 17/6/13

Hebden Bridge street art… and why not?

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