26-01-2017, 12:18 AM
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Yes I thoroughly enjoyed it Val ... I love seeing new places but I'm not comfortable in big cities and hate the big stores .... it's charity shops for me
You can take the girl out of Manchester .. etc ... and with my broad Mancunian accent it's easy to tell where I'm from 
26-01-2017, 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by JBR
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Indeed. It was a decent working class town when ah wer a lad. It's not just the Pakis, though; the council have been pretty useless for as long as I remember.It started when they began pulling down all the old buildings in the '60s and replacing them with matchboxes. Then the roads: whilst Leeds was building an efficient road network, including a city centre motorway, Bradford was doing naff all. Their so-called 'ring road', for example, until quite recently consisted of several side streets joined together.
It's still the pits as far as I'm concerned. Nothing classy about it.
Most Councils are the same. Wakefield where we live now their council haven't done much for their town or for the people either..
26-01-2017, 05:53 PM
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[QUOTE=myrtle;1080118]Hi Val
One surprise was that you can use your bus pass from 9 am in North Yorkshire Monday to Friday whereas here it's 9.30 am !!!!
Didn't know that myrtle, ours in East Yorkshire is 9.30 am! I guess it's to give the workers chance before the seniors grab all the seats! 😄
26-01-2017, 07:33 PM
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[QUOTE=Val J;1080559]
Originally Posted by myrtle
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Hi Val One surprise was that you can use your bus pass from 9 am in North Yorkshire Monday to Friday whereas here it's 9.30 am !!!!
Didn't know that myrtle, ours in East Yorkshire is 9.30 am! I guess it's to give the workers chance before the seniors grab all the seats! 😄
26-01-2017, 08:07 PM
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[QUOTE=JBR;1080652]
Originally Posted by Val J
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It's 0930 over here on the wrong side of the Pennines too. Still, as I've always said, this place is not as civilised as Yorkshire.
I've another 4 yrs to wait
26-01-2017, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by myrtle
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Thank goodness I retired at 60 Got my first pension payment the following Monday (I opted for weekly payments) and my bus pass that same week.
26-01-2017, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by JBR
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Indeed. It was a decent working class town when ah wer a lad. It's not just the Pakis, though; the council have been pretty useless for as long as I remember.It started when they began pulling down all the old buildings in the '60s and replacing them with matchboxes. Then the roads: whilst Leeds was building an efficient road network, including a city centre motorway, Bradford was doing naff all. Their so-called 'ring road', for example, until quite recently consisted of several side streets joined together.
It's still the pits as far as I'm concerned. Nothing classy about it.
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