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Title: Bradford
Post by: Alex on April 10, 2022, 12:09:28 PM
Bradford has submitted a formal bid to be crowned the next UK City of Culture.

ooops sorry posted in wrong section - or did I  ?  :yahoo: :yahoo:

Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: crabbyob on April 10, 2022, 12:21:33 PM
since i have been travelling to India i have gone to the visa office in Brum.... i have just found out i could have done it in Bradford or Manchester...lol...
perhaps Alex might care to list other UK cities of culture??? [1060] [1060] [1060]   Liverpool...Glasgow?
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: GrannyMac on April 10, 2022, 12:42:45 PM
Ilkley, in Bradford, has been named as the best place to live in the UK.  https://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/20053461.ilkley-named-sunday-times-best-place-live-2022/

There's more there than Manningham!  :grin:
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: Alex on April 10, 2022, 12:47:16 PM
Ilkley looks lovely and not a burqa in sight  :grin:
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: crabbyob on April 10, 2022, 02:10:20 PM
is anyone wearing a hat????
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: Diasi on April 10, 2022, 05:21:49 PM
Quote from: GrannyMac on April 10, 2022, 12:42:45 PM
Ilkley, in Bradford, has been named as the best place to live in the UK.  https://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/20053461.ilkley-named-sunday-times-best-place-live-2022/

There's more there than Manningham!  :grin:

And both Tower Hamlets & Chelsea are in London but they certainly don't have the same residents. :grin:
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: -Oy- on April 10, 2022, 08:04:50 PM
Bradford is a nice place to visit. Some amazing architecture!
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: GrannyMac on April 10, 2022, 08:36:37 PM
There is Oy. There's also a Betty's in Ilkley.  They're worth a visit just for the Fat Rascals. 😊
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: Jacqueline on April 10, 2022, 09:13:53 PM
If Bradford is city the of culture, who's culture will they be celebrating?
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: -Oy- on April 10, 2022, 09:39:49 PM
Quote from: Jacqueline on April 10, 2022, 09:13:53 PM
If Bradford is city the of culture, who's culture will they be celebrating?


I would assume and hope all that live there.
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: Alex on April 15, 2022, 11:18:02 AM
Quote from: -Oy- on April 10, 2022, 09:39:49 PM

I would assume and hope all that live there.

(https://i.postimg.cc/wTydQGxn/Diversity.png) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: klondike on April 15, 2022, 11:27:07 AM
Can somebody explain this "diversity" thing. There seems to be very little of what I thought diversity is in that picture.
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: Alex on April 15, 2022, 11:30:30 AM
No women either ! mind they're not allowed to vote :cool:
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: klondike on April 15, 2022, 11:35:57 AM
I'm not sure it's Bradford though. I tried to find Carr street in Bradford on Google maps so I could see if street view had spotted any diversity ( I drove through once years back en route to a customer somewhere near there and didn't so wasn't hopeful) but none of the intersections looked like that. It may be some other street name though as it isn't over clear.
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: Alex on April 15, 2022, 12:00:28 PM
I don't know if it's Bradford or not, my only experience was in Blackburn a few years ago. My friend and I had been to Boundary Mill near Chorley and I can't remember where we were heading, but I got lost on outskirts of Blackburn and drove through an obviously 'no go area' for two white women  :grin: :grin: We locked the doors as I tried to find my way out of it, a bit scary tbh - not scary exactly, but they were intimidating, it may have been the white frocks of course. :grin: :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: klondike on April 15, 2022, 12:06:53 PM
I had a similar experience. In Glasgow  :grin:
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: 1955vintage on April 15, 2022, 02:14:16 PM
Try Luton, that is scary.
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: Flying Bomb on April 15, 2022, 02:16:08 PM
Quote from: klondike on April 15, 2022, 11:27:07 AM
Can somebody explain this "diversity" thing. There seems to be very little of what I thought diversity is in that picture.


Plenty of diversity there.  Some have hats on and others don't.  :-)
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: Michael Rolls on April 15, 2022, 04:45:38 PM
when I look at that picture I say to myself 'so this is England? Really?'
Mike
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: Flying Bomb on April 15, 2022, 04:50:27 PM
Quote from: Michael Rolls on April 15, 2022, 04:45:38 PM
when I look at that picture I say to myself 'so this is England? Really?'
Mike
Remember that the number of towns where that type of
photograph can be taken will grow.  One day villages will
be pictured in a similar way.


Just be thankful that we will never see it in our lifetimes.....
Being very old does have this advantage.
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: Michael Rolls on April 15, 2022, 04:56:44 PM
true
Title: Re: Bradford
Post by: klondike on April 15, 2022, 07:45:22 PM
I doubt you'll get a picture like that where I live any time soon.

Far too many Poles, Rumanians and Lithuanians. They'd not stand for it.