Category Archives: Bradford

Another Old Girl

Posted on March 7, 2020 by

“That’s the best Curry I have had in 44 years,” I said. The waiter, quite possibly the owner of the Kashmir Restaurant in Bradford gave me one of those looks. I’m kinda used to them by now. He appeared to … Continue reading →

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Going Back, Haworth, the Bronte’s and a Sticky Toffee Pudding

Posted on February 29, 2020 by

I doubt there will ever be a Parkrun in Haworth and the Bronte Sisters must have had  calf muscles to die for! In 1973 many people thought the Hovis advert had been filmed in Haworth but it was actually filmed … Continue reading →

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Should You Go Back?

Posted on February 22, 2020 by

The rain bounced off the car, then came the hailstones and yes; I realised how much I hadn’t missed Bradford. I was just a kid of barely 18 when I boarded a one way flight from Leeds/Bradford Airport to Jersey, … Continue reading →

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So I Left Home

Posted on September 30, 2017 by

Now then. In Yorkshire that means hello. A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post called Are any of us where we set out to be?’   I ended it by saying I had left home at eighteen and … Continue reading →

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