A welcome return for my old mate Molly with some thoughts post a recent visit to Bradford city centre.
Archives for November 2022
The Wheeltappers & Shunters 2022
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.
Nikita Khrushchev
Whilst baffling that one of the ugliest buildings in the UK – Bradford’s Richard Dunn Centre – now has protected status, equally baffling is the lack of any real ideas as to what to do with the site should the council finally have the ability to flatten the carbuncle.
Have A Great One!
“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
Mark Twain
It’s a happy sixtieth birthday to a local character loved by many. As a modest tribute, I wrote this about Andy “Tubbs” Taylor in my second book in a chapter about White Bear FC.
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
George Bernard Shaw
Although Bonfire Night passed not without the usual incidents of lunacy, was it just me who wondered if the annual blitz was a bit quieter than usual?
Beauty And The Beast
“I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.”
Noel Coward
It had been a while since we had roamed the open countryside; what better place than the almost hidden beauty of outer Bradford?
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