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John will be one of the guest lecturers at the Yorkshire Photographic Union (YPU) Keighley Day  2019. The event will be held at Pontefract, West…

It now seems very unlikely that our After the Coal Dust exhibition at the HIP Gallery, Hull will take place at all. We have been…

The After the Coal Dust photo exhibition at Doncaster Art Gallery finished on the 21st April. Thank you to everyone who took the time to…

Below is the report of the talk we gave to Wakefield Camera Club on the 1st April 2019. On the evening of Monday 1st April…

A selection of around forty photographs from the After the Coal Dust project will be displayed at Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery from March 9th…

After the Coal Dust images in Eye Photo Magazine December 2018 edition A few photos from After the Coal Dust are featured in the December…

Rhyl – A couple of hours in a Welsh seaside town Although After the Coal Dust was originally intended to show life in the former…

Some of you may have noticed that some of the photo galleries on the site have been missing over the past few days, hopefully everything…

An interesting project that is well worth supporting. Doncaster Mining Statue    

The After the Coal Dust exhibition at the Bradford Industrial Museum (November 2017 to April 2018) was featured in the Bradford Telelgraph and Argus newspaper…

We’ve just added a new gallery of photographs – “Street Portraits” taken on the streets of the local towns. Although all the photographs were taken…

Bridget, John and Freya gave a talk to Ripon Photographic Society and showed a selection of images from the After the Coal Dust project. Here’s the…

The After the Coal Dust exhibition is currently underway at the Bradford Industrial Museum until the end of April 2018. A trailer for the exhibition…

Photographs from the After the Coal Dust project will be exhibited at the Bradford Industrial Museum from November 18th 2017 until 27th April 2018 The…

A new gallery of photographs taken in the coastal towns of the North of England has been added to the After the Coal Dust site.…

Art by Freya – Freya Gill has recently set up a separate website for displaying her artwork and photography. Art by Freya will offer sales of…

Street Photography – Cutting the Crap Think of a street photographer, one of your favourites. It could be anyone from CartierBresson to someone whose pictures…

The After the Coal Dust exhibition at the National Mining Musuem for England at Wakefield has been extended until the 11th of September 2017. The…

Elliott Sheard 1926-2017 Sadly Bridget’s father Elliott Sheard the former Bevin Boy featured on the site passed away on the 19th May aged 90. He managed…

Street Photography – Not a “How-To” Step 1: – Point the camera in the right direction. Step 2: – Press the shutter. That’s the technical…

The After the Coal Dust exhibition is now running at the National Mining Museum for England until the 29th May 2017. httpss://www.ncm.org.uk/whats-on/after-the-coal-dust-exhibition      

After the Coal Dust Exhibition A selection of photographs from the After the Coal Dust project will be exhibited at the National Coal Mining Museum…

KELLINGLEY (a poem by Stuart Bailey) Today it was the final day for them, As the team went down the mine, A sad, sad day…

The UK’s last coal mine closed on the 18th December 2015, the following day a march to mark the closure of ‘Big K’  took place…

A close shave for local residents as the River Aire in Castleford almost breaks its banks – December 27th 2015  

Each July Pontefract celebrates the annual Liquorice Festival. Here are a few photos from the 2015 event.