Category Archives: Portrait

Sep 17 2016
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Daily Post, Friend, Portrait

Bobby Gillespie (Rock God)

Saturday 17th September 2016, 7.30pm (day 1,850)

Bobby Gillespie, 17/9/16

It was in 1990 that I first heard the band Primal Scream, when my then-flatmate Dave played me their eponymous second album. In the two and a half decades since they have released some complete shite, it has to be said, but also many moments of brilliance (like the whole album XTRMNTR for a start). And in those 26 years despite never giving up on them and them refusing to turn into their own tribute band (like so many of their peers) I have never seen them live.

Until today 🙂

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Sep 14 2016
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Cherub

Wednesday 14th September 2016, 4.50pm (day 1,847)

Cherub, 14/9/16

With hair — and rimlight — like this, how could one go wrong? Another beautiful day today, may it last for a while yet.

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Sep 13 2016
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Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger, Transport

At Rochdale station

Tuesday 13th September 2016, 9.05am (day 1,846)

At Rochdale station, 13/9/16

Second shot in a row of one or more of my commuting colleagues. Possibly he is lamenting the loss of his sunglasses — though I suspect more likely just to be tired…

More distinctive, though still trivial, is the fact that after years of passing through this place on a regular basis, this is the first of these blog posts to be definitively taken in Rochdale; we were stopped taking on passengers at that station. Place 176 on the official list, anyway.

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Aug 31 2016
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In the café

Wednesday 31st August 2016, 2.05pm (day 1,833)

Caffe Nero, 31/8/16

Oxford Road again, but further up toward the city centre this time, and inside the café instead of outside. So ends August, a moment in time that feels like one candidate for ‘end of summer’ but I’m not declaring it over yet.

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Aug 26 2016
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John B and Carol

Friday 26th August 2016, 5.15pm (day 1,828)

John B and Carol, 26/8/16

So let me start this blog’s 6th year, and mark my 47th birthday, by putting up a photo of someone else… After so long doing this, people are going to start reappearing after a gap of some years and this is true of John B, who first graced these pages back in November 2011. Carol can join the cast for the first time.

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Aug 22 2016
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The builder of robots

Sunday 21st August 2016, 1.20pm (day 1,823)

Robot man, 21/8/16

And very good some of the robots were too — the small automata lined up on the table before him. Taken at ‘MakeFest’, a way of keeping the children occupied during summer at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. A shame the kids are a bit overexposed but I like Robot Man’s benevolent glow.

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Aug 20 2016
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Outside Calan’s

Saturday 20th August 2016, 4.25pm (day 1,822)

Outside Calan's, 20/8/16

It’s a Saturday, it’s a time for relaxation, and drinking. It’s still raining. It’s the Hebden Bridge “Steampunk” theme weekend, what this really does to advance the cause of social justice I haven’t worked out yet but people turn up in places dressed in Victoriana. All these things combine in today’s shot.

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Aug 14 2016
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Contact

Sunday 14th August 2016, 4.55pm (day 1,816)

Biker and pigeon, 14/8/16

Exactly what this biker and this pigeon were finding to talk about this afternoon by the Hebden old bridge, I have no idea — but there is clearly some communication here.

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Aug 12 2016
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Big scary door

Friday 12th August 2016, 1.25pm (day 1,814)

Big scary door, 12/8/16

Doubtless there is a parent just out of shot waiting to make the strategic grab if necessary, but at some point in the future these two will be going through their big scary doors all by themselves. Good luck to them. Pictured at Manchester Victoria station, as I ventured there purely for shopping purposes — the return to work can wait another 36 hours or so.

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Aug 11 2016
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Family gathering

Thursday 11th August 2016, 5.00pm (day 1,813)

Family gathering, 11/8/16

As I start back at work on Sunday, I would like to make the most of the remaining days of the holiday; hence today’s family gathering. My Dad (well, some of him) makes his fourth appearance on the blog; my Mum (somewhat shamefully, perhaps) her second, Clare and Joe, you know.

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