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Post by andrewp on Jan 12, 2020 11:00:19 GMT
Calderdale also has the dubious distinction of containing one of Britain's number one 'Twat-towns' . These are places which are intrinsically appealing aesthetically or historically but are populated by pretentious wankers , vegans , self-styled alternative lifestylers and other gimps. I do really like Hebden Bridge though ; which probably says more about me than anything else . File me under 'pretentious wanker'. I’m currently in Hebden Bridge. In fact I’m loitering outside the “Valley Organic Workers Co-Operative”. It looks very woke indeed, as does the Levain Sour Dough Bakery next door, where the other half is shopping (my eyes rolled - *how* much for a loaf of bread?! so I was sent outside). The “Free Palestine” stand was already set up around the corner - and this is a Sunday morning. I’m guessing this place is very, very comfortable with Corbyn’s Labour.... I know some people in their 60s who has lived all their lives in Hebden Bridge, and are very much ‘ straight talking Yorkshire’. They didn’t like what Hebden Bridge had become and moved to Ilkley last year. |
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Post by finsobruce on Jan 12, 2020 11:06:49 GMT
Calderdale also has the dubious distinction of containing one of Britain's number one 'Twat-towns' . These are places which are intrinsically appealing aesthetically or historically but are populated by pretentious wankers , vegans , self-styled alternative lifestylers and other gimps. I do really like Hebden Bridge though ; which probably says more about me than anything else . File me under 'pretentious wanker'. I’m currently in Hebden Bridge. In fact I’m loitering outside the “Valley Organic Workers Co-Operative”. It looks very woke indeed, as does the Levain Sour Dough Bakery next door, where the other half is shopping (my eyes rolled - *how* much for a loaf of bread?! so I was sent outside). The “Free Palestine” stand was already set up around the corner - and this is a Sunday morning. I’m guessing this place is very, very comfortable with Corbyn’s Labour.... Thanks to our reporter on the spot. 
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Post by Merseymike on Jan 12, 2020 12:15:38 GMT
Sounds great to me!!
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Post by peterski on Jan 12, 2020 12:42:58 GMT
Andrewp, I fear that Ilkley has tendencies that are seeing it move in a hebden bridge direction; albeit from more upper class origins . I recommend Ripon as a relatively salubrious but woke-free alternative!
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Post by ccoleman on Jan 12, 2020 14:53:10 GMT
I wouldn’t exactly call Ilkley ‘straight taking Yorkshire’ - it’s exceedingly posh and pretentious in its own way.
Besides, you shouldn’t be basing where to live on the political leanings of the residents.
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Post by tonyhill on Jan 12, 2020 15:30:13 GMT
A Momentum member was trying to dissuade a friend of mine from voting LbDem tactically, and his clinching argument was to suggest that he moved to a Labour constituency if he wanted to be represented by someone who wasn't a Tory.
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Post by finsobruce on Jan 12, 2020 18:22:13 GMT
Andrewp, I fear that Ilkley has tendencies that are seeing it move in a hebden bridge direction; albeit from more upper class origins . I recommend Ripon as a relatively salubrious but woke-free alternative! But no Railway Station! |
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Post by peterski on Jan 12, 2020 19:39:12 GMT
The average inhabitant of Ripon neither has the need or desire to venture beyond its boundaries. There is good reason why the railway service disappeared many decades ago.
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Post by finsobruce on Jan 12, 2020 20:06:07 GMT
The average inhabitant of Ripon neither has the need or desire to venture beyond its boundaries. There is good reason why the railway service disappeared many decades ago. Well they ventured beyond its boundaries between 1848 and 1967, so I'm sure they'd be able to get the hang of it again.  |
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Post by ccoleman on Jan 12, 2020 20:48:37 GMT
Ripon is a local town for local people.
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Post by peterski on Jan 12, 2020 21:47:56 GMT
No . It is a local CITY for local people . A pitchfork wielding flash mob is already on its way in your direction ccoleman!!!
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Post by finsobruce on Jan 12, 2020 21:53:12 GMT
No . It is a local CITY for local people . A pitchfork wielding flash mob is already on its way in your direction ccoleman!!! Can one buy pitchforks on ebay these days? |
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Post by peterski on Jan 12, 2020 21:57:44 GMT
Don't worry about eBay . There's a stall on Ripon market specialises in them....
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Post by finsobruce on Jan 12, 2020 22:02:49 GMT
Don't worry about eBay . There's a stall on Ripon market specialises in them.... Scary news. Shopping List:Local Honey Artisan sausages craft pottery Second hand book for the commute. Pitchforks (two - one for me and one for the wife) |
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Post by An Sionnach Flannbhuí on Jan 12, 2020 22:16:05 GMT
Woke suburbia, here's what to do with you: "Run with the dogs tonight..." (as woke suburbia gets bombed into oblivion) |
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Jan 12, 2020 22:37:31 GMT
Woke suburbia, here's what to do with you: "Run with the dogs tonight..." (as woke suburbia gets bombed into oblivion) Piss off, you anti-semitic piece of shit. Boy, that escalated quickly. |
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Post by Admin Twaddleford on Jan 12, 2020 22:57:30 GMT
Piss off, you anti-semitic piece of shit. Three day ban for personal abuse. You are becoming closer to having done unto you, figuratively if not literally, what Jolyon Maughan tweeted that he'd done to another Sionnach on Boxing Day. Banhammers are more humane. |
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Post by Crimson King on Jan 13, 2020 11:29:08 GMT
It is also shit. Which is sad, as it is architecturally magnificent. Very sad. A 'Jewel of the North' 30 years ago and now...dump is too polite. Nice when your coinings come back to you I moved to the Jewel in 84 so go back 36 years. Its worth remembering that the Bradford District covers a lot more than just the City - I believe it is the most rural metropolitan district or something. Anyway, it's fair to say that the place suffered significant decline over the early years of my residence but I honestly believe it has turned the corner. Broadway and the City park do seem to be bringing more people back into the centre. As pointed out above the architecture is brilliant, and just needs to be sympathetically exposed. And of course all the great bits of the wider district are there as always (and not just the Brontes) |
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Post by ccoleman on Jan 13, 2020 19:47:20 GMT
Very sad. A 'Jewel of the North' 30 years ago and now...dump is too polite. Nice when your coinings come back to you I moved to the Jewel in 84 so go back 36 years. Its worth remembering that the Bradford District covers a lot more than just the City - I believe it is the most rural metropolitan district or something. Anyway, it's fair to say that the place suffered significant decline over the early years of my residence but I honestly believe it has turned the corner. Broadway and the City park do seem to be bringing more people back into the centre. As pointed out above the architecture is brilliant, and just needs to be sympathetically exposed. And of course all the great bits of the wider district are there as always (and not just the Brontes) The district includes Ilkley as well as villages like Burley and Menston, but you’re not likely to find many people there who say they live in, or even near, Bradford. I used to work at the Royal Mail sorting post and you saw ‘Menston nr Leeds’ a lot, but never ‘Menston nr Bradford’. |
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Post by bluelabour on Jan 13, 2020 19:51:03 GMT
The district includes Ilkley as well as villages like Burley and Menston, but you’re not likely to find many people there who say they live in, or even near, Bradford. I used to work at the Royal Mail sorting post and you saw ‘Menston nr Leeds’ a lot, but never ‘Menston nr Bradford’. I met a girl today who told me she was from 'Wrose in Leeds'! |
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