Looking Up

 It's a great time of year for colour photography.

Saltaire Festival

Finale weekend at the Saltaire Festival and Bradford based rock band 'Punching Seagulls' on the main stage.  Weather was OK today (Sunday) but visitor numbers were well down yesterday as it rained all day.

The Factory King

A bronze statue of Richard Oastler who campaigned against the employment of young children working in the textile mills of Bradford for up to thirteen hours a day.  The three ton statue by John Birnie Philip was paid for by national public subscription and originally stood in Forster Square but now stands at the back of North Parade.

Mirror Pool and Bradford Live

Bradford Live from the Mirror Pool.  The fountains are currently operating only part of the day, between eleven in the morning and five thirty in the afternoon I believe, it's to help conserve water due to the unusually dry summer.  The central fountain doesn't look much here but it is capable of reaching a height of over one hundred feet.  Bradford Live is a newly opened live music venue.

Quaker Burial Ground

The old Quaker burial ground, Westfield lane, Idle, Bradford.  It's not quite as I remember it, the walls were collapsing at one time and there were one or two of the gravestones still standing, they are now laid flat and the walls repaired.

Bradford Stories Bus

The Bradford Stories Bus was in Lister Park at the weekend.  It's a former American school bus turned into a space for story telling, reading and writing, with the aim of encouraging children in the Bradford area to read and write for pleasure.

Darley Street Market

Looking out of the newly opened Darley Street Market overlooking the courtyard area.  The big screen was advertising an upcoming event at the St Georges Hall, The Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Group.

Pushbike - Little Germany

The Little Germany area of Bradford.  It's often used as a period backdrop by film and TV production companies.  Most of the buildings were constructed in the late Victorian period as warehouses and offices for use in the wool textile industry, many of the wool traders were from Germany.  As for the man with the bike, I don't know why he's pushing it instead of riding it!

Early Autumn

Autumn colours seem to be starting early this year, maybe it's because of the long dry Summer we've had.  Picture taken in Buck Woods.

The Beacon

The Beacon, a venue that can be built and rebuilt anywhere.  It's currently in Lister Park and hosts music, comedy and a variety of other events as part of the Bradford 2025 City of Culture celebrations

Canal Closed

These moored boats on the Leeds-Liverpool canal at Apperley Bridge are not going anywhere at the moment.  The locks just beyond this mooring point are not in use as there is a shortage of water in the canal system, it's due to the long hot dry summer we've had this year.