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Birmingham and The Black Country, Award winning Photographs and Verse by Peter Donnelly. Books, Posters, Postcards & Limited Edition Giclee Prints. Steam Trains and canals...
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Birmingham & Black Country
Nostalgia
Windows on a time gone by... and maybe...
our last glimpse of the industrial revolution...
Heartfelt mood entrenched imagery and poignant moments captured on film represent the deterioration of the flag-posts of an era much forgotten – the canals and railways so integral to powering Birmingham’s industrial revolution and the development of the UK. Photographed by Peter Donnelly during the 60s - decaying vistas, time-worn monuments, or simply sublime snapshots in time - this selection of imagery and verse is history with a heart. Not only are these books captivating windows on a time gone by, they represent the love and respect between father and son, created by Simon Donnelly to honour his father’s plans made before he passed away in 2005.
our last glimpse of the industrial revolution...
Award winning Photography and Verse by Black Country Artist Peter Donnelly
as featured on BBC News Radio WM & Midlands Today
Heartfelt mood entrenched imagery and poignant moments captured on film represent the deterioration of the flag-posts of an era much forgotten – the canals and railways so integral to powering Birmingham’s industrial revolution and the development of the UK. Photographed by Peter Donnelly during the 60s - decaying vistas, time-worn monuments, or simply sublime snapshots in time - this selection of imagery and verse is history with a heart. Not only are these books captivating windows on a time gone by, they represent the love and respect between father and son, created by Simon Donnelly to honour his father’s plans made before he passed away in 2005.The two books "The Cut" and "Chuff Chuffs" have now been completed as Peter intended and printed as photographic albums.
This method is far more superior to normal book (lithographic) printing as it follows the old principles of light on sensitive paper. Pete would of approved of this traditional method which produces outstanding vibrant colours. The pages are about 1mm thickness and laminated to protect from finger prints. This is an amazing collection of Peters work now brought all together for the first time. They represent the last echos of the industial revolution in Birmingham and The Black Country.
A Black Country Poem about an old man who worked
the cut at Merry Hill
the cut at Merry Hill
"Beautiful coffee table book.
Fast delivery. Thank you !!
Mr P.Roberts - Worcestershire
Brilliant books!!After buying one I got the other..
such poignant pictures of Birmingham as I remembered it back in the 60's ....
After reading Peter's accompanying verse,
It brought back a wealth of memories..
Phil Woodlock - Birmingham.
such poignant pictures of Birmingham as I remembered it back in the 60's ....
After reading Peter's accompanying verse,
It brought back a wealth of memories..
Phil Woodlock - Birmingham.
Yesterdays Journey by peter donnelly
Black Country Poem about the shortcut to Ma Pardoe's!!
Peter Donnellys collection of pictures won first prize in The Telegraph photographic competition. They recieved much critical acclaim and also netted a nice trip to the Bahamas!
The judges included David Bailey, one of Britains best known fashion photographers, Emil Buhrur editor of the swiss magazine Camera, Ian James editor of The Photography Year Book & George Rodger founder of Magnum Photographers Agency.
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A network of watery highways that in their heyday were navigated by hundreds of brightly painted narrow boats, ferrying to and from mine, furnace and factory, their cargoes of ironstone, coal, slack and countless other industrial materials; materials that played a major role in bringing the regions, Birmingham & The Black Country, to their industrial greatness. Peter Donnelly's evocative photographs taken during the 1960's, record the time and his verse the emotion looking back in retrospect. By the time the photographs were taken, the glorious achievement had been forgotten, decay and neglect had replaced the endeavor and taken their toll: towpaths weed woven, veiled in spiders' webs, crumbling wharfs and bridges, rotting hulks of once-proud boats half submerged, reeds and grasses growing in silt-clogged holds - the final dereliction of a once-proud a momentous engineering accomplishment. For the cut, its working time had passed and left only the memory to history.
Black Country NostalgiaPhotographic Album
"THE CUT"
Journeys along the Black Country's Tow paths.
22 page including pictures and verse
285mm x 210mm
£34.99 Free Postage to UK
"CHUFF-CHUFF" Journeys along Birmingham's Towpaths. 30 pages including pictures and "Chuff-chuffs" (trains)- Once steam trains huffed and puffed healing goods by rail by night and day, now they have all gone away. Once there were factory chimneys, a slag heap piled high like a mountain soared skyward toward a setting sun; now they are gone. Time has rung the changes. The everyday sights and sounds of the 1960s are, to many, a fast-fading memory. The young of that time remember the Beatles, pop stars extraordinary. The fashion conscious e member David Bailey, the fashion photographer; young and middle-aged will remember Bobby Moore, captain of England's World Cup winning team.The Photographs Peter Donnelly's photographs of that period, now over 40 years ago, remind us of a few of the places, the people, the cut, the steam trains and the mongrel dog waiting patiently outside the pub for his master to finish his pint. The subjects photographed were not subjects fashioned for newspaper headlines, yet were very much a part of our everyday scene; hardly noticed then - forgotten until now. Lamps, buffers, gas-mantled station signs, greased wheels and shunting wagons - all captured by the camera for time everlasting.
Black Country Nostalgia Photographic Album
"CHUFF-CHUFFS"
Journeys along Birmingham's Tow-paths
30 pages including pictures and verse
285mm x 210mm
£39.99 Inc Postage to UK destinations
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Postcard Packs
3 cards per pack
The Black Country
Black Country Heritage Metal Bashers Photograped in Brierley Hill Track Chat Photograped in Dudley Cast Iron Role Photographed in Brierley Hill
2 x 100mm x 150mm 1 x 100mm x 200mm 3 cards per pack inc pictures & verse
£4.99 inc postage
Postcard Packs
12 cards per pack
Birmingham & The Black Country
Birmingham & The Black Country
12 x 100mm x 150mm 12 cards per pack no verse
12 cards per pack
£9.99 inc postage
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