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Welcome  Gallery 2 Kris Gross Gallery - Debenhams Fire 1979 |
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Kris Gross Gallery
Debenhams Fire 1979
Born Bradford 1952. Parents English and Polish. Worked in Bradford town centre since 1969 soon after leaving school (St Bedes). Got married in 1976. I had done summer jobs selling ice cream out of the back of a van for Rossi's - best ice cream in town I thought. In those days clothes were bright, collars wide, skirts short and cigs under 10 bob a packet (50p). Forster House was new then with very few occupants. A number of companies were recruiting so I tried my luck. Only had 2 O'levels, English and Technical Drawing. Whilst I enjoyed the latter it was not for me. The 7th floor was a good vantage point to look out over Forster Square on one side, the railway sidings on the other and the Ring O' Bells at the bottom of Bolton Rd a preferred watering place particularly on a Friday lunch. Always like buildings and landscapes - they stay still longer than people and don't talk back. There was a large island' in the centre of Forster Square reached by subway tunnels where you could sit and admire the view amongst the traffic fumes. The views encouraged me to take up my camera again and with my trusty Cosmic Symbol took lots of shots including office parties. I dabbled a bit with B/W processing and printing locking myself in the blacked out kitchen for 6 hours at a time. I even tried a little colour but with no great success.
People seemed to like my pictures so I thought I might try a new camera. I moved on to a Zenith E bought from the shop on Market Street, quickly followed by a Cosina CSM (same shop).I was using that with a little clip on motor wind at the time when Debenhams went up in smoke.
A sad day but the scenes were enthralling it had the finest frontage left in the city and it needed remembering.
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