tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post6387131142365571108..comments2023-10-24T10:09:22.146+01:00Comments on The Yorkshire Ranter: some memories of west BradfordAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-5637165012826733672010-06-01T20:32:31.165+01:002010-06-01T20:32:31.165+01:00I was there circa 1989-90, doing a one year sweat-...I was there circa 1989-90, doing a one year sweat-shop degree at the Uni; lived on the other side of the valley, had to walk through that way to and from campus every day.<br /><br />'Grim' just about describes it. I've seen worse areas -- Harehills in Leeds, for starters, or some of the outlying sink-hole estates around Edinburgh -- but it's pretty grim.Charlie Strosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03398809615976202716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-55612304832422330132010-05-31T23:09:16.715+01:002010-05-31T23:09:16.715+01:00Before my time. I moved there in 1981 as a tiny ye...Before my time. I moved there in 1981 as a tiny yearling ranter, and was there or back until 2004.<br /><br />No discussion of pubs round there should miss the Fighting Cocks, off Thornton Road towards the Grattan distribution centre in Listerhills. Apparently it was once turfed and given a flock of sheep.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-10448420665336239122010-05-31T21:04:03.298+01:002010-05-31T21:04:03.298+01:00When were you there ?
I was there in 70s/early 8...When were you there ? <br /><br />I was there in 70s/early 80s, when Pathans were decidedly thin on the ground in Lidget Green, and the street girls were still in Lumb Lane.<br /><br />Thornton Road was more famous for the Black Swan, home of fine Tetleys and the Satans Slaves bike gang.Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.com