December 2024. Bradford. After a new Bratfud tick and an old classic, surely it’s time for a curry ? The route back into town from the Fighting Cock is an urban classic. That art installation, prepared for the UK City of Culture bid, is entitled “Tyres“. Now, you won’t believe this, but my chosen curry… Continue reading BANTAMS IN BRADFORD’S RECORD CAFE
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THACKLEY MICRO v “THE SMITHS”
October 2023. Thackley, Bradford. One more in West Yorkshire and it’s a rare GBG county completion. Still a thrill, even when you’ve completed the Guide, a bit like Amundsen completing a circumnavigation of Oslo IKEA the year after ticking the North Pole or something. Where are we ? Thackley, north Bradford. Near the Isle Working… Continue reading THACKLEY MICRO v “THE SMITHS”
“Kev left his pound at the swimming pool”
October 2023. Shipley. You can’t actually see the dividing line between Saltaire and Shipley, but you certainly know when you’ve crossed it. And the Crafty Kernel meets every requirement of the “modern micro” playbook, though at least it has a nice protruding sign so you only walk past it 3 times, rather than the median… Continue reading “Kev left his pound at the swimming pool”
THE SOUTHWORTHS DO BRADFORD, PROPERLY
May 2023. We only had the company of the Southworths for a lunchtime beer and curry on their UK trip, but what a beer and curry it was. Bradford, you never let us down. We started off at the Waterstones, searching in vain for the 1975 Good Beer Guide. Perhaps the most gorgeous book shop… Continue reading THE SOUTHWORTHS DO BRADFORD, PROPERLY
WELCOME TO BRADFORD
6th May 2023. We’d planned to meet the Southworths on their latest UK trip (tour T-shirts from the usual sites), and figured that rather than go back to Sheffield from Manchester we might as well take the train to Bradford and do a giant loop. For a start, it was cheaper, and we found Bradford… Continue reading WELCOME TO BRADFORD
ON THE BUSES TO OUTER BRADFORD
26th January 2023. I only just made the bus back from Eccleshill back into town to catch the next bus out to the Watchmaker’s in the west, but in their defence First Bradford or whatever they’re called are nice buses and it’s not their fault I always cock up by putting the bar code on… Continue reading ON THE BUSES TO OUTER BRADFORD
THE FOUR CANDLES JOKE FALLS FLAT IN THE GREEDY PIG
26th January 2023. I left the Royal Oak at 15:58 and walked the 34 yards (approx) to my first new Bradford GBG tick of the afternoon. If the Greedy Pig had still been closed (the owner was furiously hoovering earlier having just got back from Spain) I’d have been moderately miffed, as I had to… Continue reading THE FOUR CANDLES JOKE FALLS FLAT IN THE GREEDY PIG
FINDING A THRILL IN ECCLESHILL
26th January 2023. I’d have stayed even longer at Bradford Industrial Museum (an hour is a LONG time for me) but the artisanal cafe was a bit disappointing (a coffee machine with paper cups) and they wasn’t a section on brewing and pubs, just that Babycham exhibit. So I walked back towards the Greedy Pig,… Continue reading FINDING A THRILL IN ECCLESHILL
BRADFORD INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM
No, it’s not an ironically named indie band from Chipping Camden, booked to play at Latitude (is it ?). 26th January 2023. If I’m forced to spend more than a day at home for legal or family reasons I get really restless, and having been in Sheffield more nights in January already than the whole… Continue reading BRADFORD INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM
KASHMIR
19th December 2022. It was a controversial decision by Black Country progsters Led Zeppelin to name their song about curry after a cafe in Bradford, rather than a Balti house closer to home. Perhaps Spice of Lyefe and Balti Bazaar didn’t scan as well. You’re a bit spoilt for curry in Bradford; here’s Curry-Heute’s list.… Continue reading KASHMIR
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