Anyone from Bradford?

Craterloads said:
To answer your question OP

Kirgate was the old shopping center, and broadway was part of the new redevelopment scheme to replace kirgate. Kirgate is still kicking along but is for lower end shopping / not much known brand names. Most of the big brands moved to broadway shopping center.

Oastler (or John street market as I know it) is more of a market / stalls things with small traders, fresh fruit and veg / second hand stalls etc. I used to hate going as a kid as I knew it meant £5 school shoes :cry: .
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Thanks.. I had to breath in the atmosphere of the market stalls, not been to a market place in over 15 years or so.. I was amazed that you could by trousers for the less than the price I had just paid for a coffee and croissants at neros. I must have looked quite out of place as a lovely stall girl did ask if I was lost..

I do like looking at junk in car boots and when I’m a board.. lol

I guess it’s just me that likes the stone houses.. the weirdness that how a house roof can be on the same level as the houses next door’s ground floor. It’s all so quirky..
 
disfunktion said:
Awful place to drive in. It's like being in a different world with its own rules.
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I drove aboard in a few countries, never have I seen a roundabout where there’s no lights at the entry but there’s lights on the roundabout itself.. lol
 
moon man said:
even the bully xl's walk around in pairs for safety.
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That got me, nearly spat my drink everywhere
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I spent a fair amount of time in Bradford when I was little maybe 8 years old.

Had an uncle that lived there, on Sunnyside lane on the corner of Dover street.

It wasn't too bad then, he used to say good morning or hello to passers by on the street, mostly got glared at even then, this would have been over 30 years ago.

But fair play for trying.

Yea it's turned into a right **** hole now, shame because the city has plenty of interesting architecture and is set on a nice area of the country with the hills etc.

You only need to look at the majority of the inhabitants now and well, reputation checks out.
 
Worked on the Leeds and Bradford airport remember needing to take the works van onto airside the security was fuming as I had to take everything out of the van for it to be scanned took 2 n half hours because I carry a lot of gear
 
I haven't been for a while but I remember it being not great, the best curry houses in the country though by far. There's a lot of nice villages around it, most of my friends live in them as you can get a lot more for your money than in Leeds.

Traffic around BD is always awful so we never once considered buying there.
 
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I live in Bramley, a couple of towns over in Leeds, and if i need to get to the other side of Bradford i'll drive the long way around it, rather than through.
 
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