Thursday 23rd June 2016, 6.35pm (day 1,764)
Maybe this is all some big Establishment charade but at least for once today, I can say that I voted in favour of something I strongly believe in.
Voted
Being 42
Life, one day at a time
Category Archives: Hebden Bridge
Gibson Mill
Monday 30th May 2016, 1.10pm (day 1,740)
Gibson Mill, buried in the heart of the woods of Hardcastle Crags about 2.5 miles from Hebden Bridge town centre, has in its time been a mill, a roller-disco (honestly) and, now, the visitor centre for this National Trust property. This is something of a stock Hebden Bridge shot, but one that has as yet been unseen on this blog. (And seeing as I’m still trying to avoid repetition after 1,740 days, I guess that means it will now be unseen in the future. So make the most of it.)
Eiffel Street, Hebden Bridge
Sunday 29th May 2016, 10.00pm (day 1,739)
A nice, sunny Sunday, which I saw nothing of, being confined at home grading assignments and wondering (among other things) what I was going to offer for today’s shot. But I did not give up; as night fell I got this shot of the tenement-style housing across the way. Why this line of top-and-bottom housing (the upper levels will be a different house from the lower, facing the street behind) is named for Gustave Eiffel I have no idea, probably it was all being built around the same time as that tower in Paris and so someone paid tribute.
Calder Holmes Park
Monday 16th May 2016, 5.00pm (day 1,726)
I was working in Manchester all day, but there it was chilly and grey. Things were much more attractive on my return home to Hebden Bridge, so let’s depict that instead.
The hi-vis team
Friday 6th May 2016, 8.40am (day 1,716)
it’s the ‘men at work’ post number n+1. All credit to them though, whatever they were doing not a single train through Hebden Bridge station was late this morning, and we have eight an hour in all directions.
Outside the gym
Monday 2nd May 2016, 10.00am (day 1,712)
A public holiday in the UK today. I still had to work — courtesy of skiving off last Thursday mainly — but the gym didn’t open until 10. I like this shot because of the seemingly random arrangement of quadrilaterals running along the wall to the guy who, like me, was just a minute or two early.
Grown men acting silly
Sunday 1st May 2016, 1.45pm (day 1,711)
Even on May Day this kind of behaviour is inexcusable. Really, you shouldn’t do this kind of thing in public, guys.
Playmobil Man (Silly Billy’s, reopened)
Saturday 16th April 2016, 11.35am (day 1,696)
Since being collectively taken out by the floods on 26th December, about two-thirds of Hebden Bridge town centre has reopened. There have been some subtle moves around, as well — like here, with the toy shop, Silly Billy’s, translocating to a new location on Old Gate and reopening in the last week or so. Playmobil Man serves as an advert to draw the punters in — let’s hope it does so.
Being 42 