Tag Archives: Bradford

Oct 01 2026
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Keencost no more

Wednesday 30th September 2026, 6.10pm (day 5,515)

Keencost closed, 30/9/26

Britain is too crowded to let any really extensive tracts of urban decay persist for too long, but some parts of Bradford city centre definitely qualify as ‘underused’ at the present time, and any bus heading north from the Interchange will pass through them. I guess it’s been a while since one could turn up at Keencost, pay cash, and carry away an entire kitchen. I’m not saying I have a problem with urban decay though — at least not photographically.

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Sep 20 2026
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Daily Post, Sport

Up the (Bradford Park) Avenue

Saturday 19th September 2026, 3.50pm (day 5,504)

Up the Avenue, 19/9/26

The camera I used today, and will be using for at least a little while, is so old it virtually counts as an antique, this is kind of an experimental archaeology, the deliberate use of outmoded techniques and equipment so we can learn about how our ancestors did it. Well, maybe not quite that old (after all, I still have an old Kodak Brownie kicking around somewhere) but it’s certainly a step back. But it still works, and that’s a major bonus right now.

As for the photo: I did come to officially support the home team today, Bradford Park Avenue. mainly because (for various petty and tribal reasons) I don’t like the away team. Lancaster City — and it is pleasing to report a 1-0 victory for them in the FA Cup. Up the Avenue indeed. Before World War One they were in the top league of England, though not at their present stadium.

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Aug 30 2026
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Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger

Under cover

Saturday 29th August 2026, 11.50am (day 5,483)

Girl and brolly, 29/8/26

West Yorkshire is finally getting some rain. Although I’m not sure it was falling at the specific point this picture was taken — but what does she care? She has the shelter exactly as she wants it, and is quite comfortable, thank you very much.

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Aug 16 2026
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Daily Post, Sport

Five minutes before the start of the season

Saturday 15th August 2026, 2.55pm (day 5,469)

Bradford City fans, 15/8/26

Well, the football season as a whole didn’t necessarily start today (do these things ever really ‘start’ and ‘finish’ these days, anyway?) — but England’s League One certainly did. Bradford City’s fans seemed cautiously optimistic at 2:55, but this was justified: they won 2-0 v Peterborough, with yours truly in the press box for the afternoon.

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Apr 20 2026
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Dandelion season

Sunday 19th April 2026, 10.25am (day 5,351)

Dandelion season, 19/4/26

As anyone with a lawn, or responsibilities for some other kind of open grassy space, knows, it’s dandelion season. Soon these will sprout their seeds and fill the air with them, and later on, there will be a bunch more dandelions. That’s nature for you, I guess.

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Apr 16 2026
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Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger

Tea bar at Thackley

Wednesday 15th April 2026, 8.20pm (day 5,347)

Thackley tea bar, 15/4/26

Half-time, time for refreshments for players and fans alike. The match we are watching is to have a great last five minutes, but all that is in the future at this point.

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Mar 14 2026
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Art and architecture, Daily Post, Urban scene

Bradford, again

Friday 13th March 2026, 6.35pm (day 5,314)

Bradford City hall, 13/3/26

For the second time in a week Bradford proves a decent choice for an evening out, even if it was a little wet, and the city can continue to ascend the rankings of Most Depicted Places on the blog, a list on which it now rises to 9th (see the stats). It is one of those northern towns which celebrated its Victorian wealth, here based on wool, by building a magnificent municipal headquarters of the kind no local authority or government would dare to risk now, for fear of being slagged off for misuse of public funds. But why not do it this way? Works for me.

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Mar 11 2026
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Late night on Garnett Street

Tuesday 10th March 2026, 9.45pm (day 5,311)

Garnett St, Bradford, 10/3/26

OK, not that late I suppose, but nevertheless this is the latest shot in a given day since 30th September — which, as this one is, was taken in Bradford. Clearly that city has become my go-to spot for evenings out. I did do more interesting things today than hang around this empty car park for some industrial unit or other, by the way. But as a subject for the camera it worked OK. The manhole cover to the bottom right does annoy me a bit, but I couldn’t crop it without also losing the important red.

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Feb 22 2026
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Daily Post, Landscape

Field no more

Saturday 21st February 2026, 2.25pm (day 5,294)

Mud for housing, 21/2/26

Until recently this was a field. Now, see for yourself. Soon, it seems, this will be “Heather” (sic); touted on the nearby advertising board as “Original Housing for Modern Lifestyles”, which is as bland and meaningless a piece of blurb as I’ve ever read (tell me just what will be ‘original’ about it all, and we’ll start from there). By the time they’re done I guess they hope someone will still be able to afford to buy them.

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Dec 20 2025
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Daily Post, Family Member, Portrait

Back of my head, x3

Friday 19th December 2025, 3.30pm (day 5,230)

Triplicate selfie, 19/12/25

Spent the first few hours of my Xmas break having an extended lie-in, then spent the next few wandering around Bradford, a place I have come to quite like down the years. This complicated selfie was taken in the National Media Museum (which lately has become the ‘National Science and Media Museum’ so it can continue to squeeze funding out of our reluctant state apparatus): a kind of ‘digital hall of mirrors’ installation. As you can see, despite my advancing years, my body still refuses to shed much hair.

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