by Andrew Gill | Aug 11, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
Disused railway stations are normally demolished but not this one. We see it here in the early 1900s at Foulridge near Colne in Lancashire. Following the closure of the line, the building was moved, stone by stone, to a new home at Ingrow West on the Keighley and... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 10, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
This is Clitheroe Railway Station in Lancashire. The town is in the glorious Ribble Valley and the station is still in use. Photographs of railway stations taken in the 1890s usually show ranks of horse-cabs waiting for the next train to disgorge its passengers but... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 3, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
Early photographs of railway stations are always interesting. This one in Skipton, Yorkshire, shows a scene typical of thousands of stations across Britain in the early 1900s. There are at least twelve station staff wearing smart uniforms. Many of them are porters,... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 30, 2021 | Gallery, Places, Transport
In Victorian times, when taking a photograph involved glass plates, chemicals and a dark room to develop your prints, night-time photography was challenging and required technical expertise, experience, special equipment, trial and error and luck to get that perfect... 