Garden of Light illuminates Bradford's city centre (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Garden of Light illuminates Bradford's city centre
9:34pm Friday 5th October 2012 in News
By Hannah Postles, T&A Reporter
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A young girl gets a closer look at the Garden of Light
Looming light sculptures transformed Bradford’s City Park into a “magical wonderland” as striking displays were illuminated for the first time last night.
Camera flashes added to the dazzling spectacle as hundreds of people flocked to see shining wild dandelions, red-tipped grass and gigantic illuminated lillies in the city’s glowing Garden of Light.
Families could be seen posing for pictures under the shining sculptures – with some standing at more than 11 metres tall – as street performers dressed in a shimmering blue strutted around the six-acre city centre park.
Bradford Council enlisted the help of French master light artists, TILT, to create the garden, which runs from dusk to approximately 10pm every night until Sunday, October 14.
Lisa Dobson, 22, of Idle, who was walking around the 24 light sculptures with a group of friends, said: “It’s like a magical wonderland. It’s just spectacular.
“I’d read this was happening, so I thought I’d pop down and see, but I didn’t expect anything like this.
“It’s something you don’t normally see here in Bradford, but I think it’s amazing. It’s quite soothing and surreal walking around City Park with giant light sculptures.
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“It’s fantastic.”
Dad-of-two Paul Slater, 39, of Ravenscliffe, was taking a photograph from the vantage point of the Mirror Pool.
He said: “I love it. The look on the children’s faces when they first saw it was brilliant.”
TILT, which has produced similar light sculptures in Singapore, Geneva, Qatar and Bilbao, combine LED, fibre optic, tungsten and fluorescent lights with modern and recycled materials to produce subtle, dream-like atmospheres.
A similar TILT light garden in Huddersfield last year was about half the size of Bradford’s display.
The Council has created a special outdoor seating area within the garden and local businesses are offering special night-time menus so visitors can dine al fresco while soaking up the ambiance.
Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe, the Council’s portfolio holder for employment, skills and culture, said: “We are delighted to stage Garden of Light this autumn.
“The installations have caused a sensation in other European cities and I’m sure Bradford will be no exception.”
Comments(51)
thatsnotmyname
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9:55pm Fri 5 Oct 12
watcher22 wrote:I agree...this is what city centres should be for.
This is marvellous and a welcome distraction from all the bad news which normally comes out of the city via these pages.
Worth every penny.
ANY WHERE BUT HERE
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11:31pm Fri 5 Oct 12
mad matt
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8:19am Sat 6 Oct 12
thackley
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7:09pm Sat 6 Oct 12
Rambo
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7:21pm Sat 6 Oct 12
thackley wrote:So what? We all know that as 'nice' as this thing looks, its pretty much just like covering a turd with chocolate sprinkles.
Hey ho and out come the negative moaners
watcher22
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8:16pm Sat 6 Oct 12
ANY WHERE BUT HERE wrote:Yes. I guess you think the same as I do. All that money, and I mean the original 30 or so million, could have been spent on the district as a whole.The square was ok as it was.
But what do we do with the surrounding area. Yes i know we pretend its somewhere else............
Walk a few yards away from the perfectly laid setts, etc and the whole of BD is a mish mash of potholes, broken and puddled pavements and vandalised areas.
It seems that the only part of BD that matters is the area within view of the town hall office windows.
johnhem
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10:38pm Sat 6 Oct 12
bd? that matters, but not apparently to the council or the odeon would have already been sorted and in use, attracting people to the city.
why is it the council can't see it?
Thee Voice of Reason
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9:12am Sun 7 Oct 12
johnhem wrote:The councillors and bigwigs at City hall hand see it because their heads are firmly fixed into the trough.
wake up watcher22, do you think the side of city hall facing the park has windows that only look downwards? look directly opposite and see the odeon, OR IS'NT THAT BIG ENOUGH FOR YOU?
bd? that matters, but not apparently to the council or the odeon would have already been sorted and in use, attracting people to the city.
why is it the council can't see it?
thackley
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10:00am Sun 7 Oct 12
a lovely library --when it reopens.half an hour from countryside,the dales beautiful town hall.centenary square,not far from ilkley ,saltaire,
oh and we went down town last night to see the lights and we had a lovely time -there was a great atmosphere=lots of mixed age groups all having a good time--we went to witherspoons for a drink and there was no sign of any trouble whatsover -it was great
Albion.
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10:27am Sun 7 Oct 12
Rambo
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10:51am Sun 7 Oct 12
yezboss
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10:57am Sun 7 Oct 12
thackley
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11:03am Sun 7 Oct 12
Albion.
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11:11am Sun 7 Oct 12
thackley wrote:We did!
albion and rambo how do the people in your life cope with your negativeness--is it jest bradford or life in general --why dont you move somewhere else if you hate it that much
thackley
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11:15am Sun 7 Oct 12
Albion. wrote:good -take your negativity with you then
thackley wrote:We did!
albion and rambo how do the people in your life cope with your negativeness--is it jest bradford or life in general --why dont you move somewhere else if you hate it that much
Rambo
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11:18am Sun 7 Oct 12
thackley wrote:Just Bradford life. I moved out of Saltaire last year (which was lovely) tolive in a yuppie apartment in central Leeds.
albion and rambo how do the people in your life cope with your negativeness--is it jest bradford or life in general --why dont you move somewhere else if you hate it that much
The centre of Bradford is an absolute dump. I went back there yesterday to meet my parents for a coffee and had to go down Market Street- what a disgrace that its been allowed to end up in the state it has, all while the council are bigging up the park at one end of it. I went up to the Arndale centre and had to navigate through people spitting, throwing (not dropping litter), swearing at their kids.... wonderful.
Went past KFC and saw the gang of a dozer or so drunks that were there when I lived here still in their usual positions, openly drinking in full view of the public in broad daylight. And there more around the town hall steps.
Albion.
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11:18am Sun 7 Oct 12
thackley wrote:There has to be a balance to your delusions of grandeur :-)
Albion. wrote:good -take your negativity with you then
thackley wrote:We did!
albion and rambo how do the people in your life cope with your negativeness--is it jest bradford or life in general --why dont you move somewhere else if you hate it that much
Rambo
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11:20am Sun 7 Oct 12
thackley wrote:lolololol you keep taking pride in the fact Bradford has a cinema...
Albion. wrote:good -take your negativity with you then
thackley wrote:We did!
albion and rambo how do the people in your life cope with your negativeness--is it jest bradford or life in general --why dont you move somewhere else if you hate it that much
thackley
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11:23am Sun 7 Oct 12
Rambo
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11:27am Sun 7 Oct 12
thackley wrote:I am - I'm going out now to enjoy the sunshine in Leeds. see ya!
albion and rambo--such happy bunnies
thackley
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11:28am Sun 7 Oct 12
Rambo wrote:am so happy for you-- now living in leeds
thackley wrote:Just Bradford life. I moved out of Saltaire last year (which was lovely) tolive in a yuppie apartment in central Leeds.
albion and rambo how do the people in your life cope with your negativeness--is it jest bradford or life in general --why dont you move somewhere else if you hate it that much
The centre of Bradford is an absolute dump. I went back there yesterday to meet my parents for a coffee and had to go down Market Street- what a disgrace that its been allowed to end up in the state it has, all while the council are bigging up the park at one end of it. I went up to the Arndale centre and had to navigate through people spitting, throwing (not dropping litter), swearing at their kids.... wonderful.
Went past KFC and saw the gang of a dozer or so drunks that were there when I lived here still in their usual positions, openly drinking in full view of the public in broad daylight. And there more around the town hall steps.
thackley
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12:20pm Sun 7 Oct 12
Rambo wrote:read the whole paragraph
thackley wrote:lolololol you keep taking pride in the fact Bradford has a cinema...
Albion. wrote:good -take your negativity with you then
thackley wrote:We did!
albion and rambo how do the people in your life cope with your negativeness--is it jest bradford or life in general --why dont you move somewhere else if you hate it that much
Rambo
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1:59pm Sun 7 Oct 12
thackley wrote:Ok, I'll rephrase it. What you list is not unique at all to any medium or small city.
Rambo wrote:read the whole paragraph
thackley wrote:lolololol you keep taking pride in the fact Bradford has a cinema...
Albion. wrote:good -take your negativity with you then
thackley wrote:We did!
albion and rambo how do the people in your life cope with your negativeness--is it jest bradford or life in general --why dont you move somewhere else if you hate it that much
2 stations? Wow. Put that on Tripadvisor.
An ice rink? Yeah, because no-where else has one. Is it still the same as it was when I last went 15 years ago - full of rough kids skiving off school?
A library thats closed? Hahah. That was discussed on here before and it was pointed out the council have no interest in keeping something open that would cost - was it £4million? - To keep open.
The only things that are unique to the Bradford *district* are the likes of Saltaire and Ilkley, and they really are as far away from the centre of Bradford as you can get.
Centenary Sqare is a joke - a £30 million+ joke, especially when so many streets around it are dying in terms in retail.
I'll tell you a few things that are unique to Bradford city centre - I think it has the largest concentration of Greggs anywhere (its around 10 at the last count), and I can't recall another street where there are 4 bookies within 200 yards of each other.
sam-tyler
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2:17pm Sun 7 Oct 12
thackley wrote:You forgot the 2 Nando's.
we all know bradford is short on shops bur look at all the positives----ten minutes from an airport,two stations,the alhambra.ice skating rink.bowling,cinema,
a lovely library --when it reopens.half an hour from countryside,the dales beautiful town hall.centenary square,not far from ilkley ,saltaire,
oh and we went down town last night to see the lights and we had a lovely time -there was a great atmosphere=lots of mixed age groups all having a good time--we went to witherspoons for a drink and there was no sign of any trouble whatsover -it was great
Oh!, & they do do takeaways.
BD1 is still a dump for all on your list.
bcfc1903
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3:42pm Sun 7 Oct 12
thackley
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5:04pm Sun 7 Oct 12
thackley
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5:08pm Sun 7 Oct 12
thackley
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7:02pm Sun 7 Oct 12
bcfc1903
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7:56pm Sun 7 Oct 12
thackley wrote:Yes thackley, things were buzzing in the park a week ago for the curry festival. My wife and i went down and sat through a brilliant demonstration of cooking spicy food by a lady chef from the Harrogate area, she was quite superb and also had a great sense of humour keeping the packed audience relaxed and informed. If you get the chance next year, get down to one of the cooking demos held in the end unit of the banana complex.
Bcfc1 ---+ I agree - it was amazing - everbody down there seemed to be having a really good time
Rambo
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8:02pm Sun 7 Oct 12
thackley wrote:lololol you were the one made out Bradford was a great place because it had 'positive' things like 2 train stations.....
Oh dear Rambo this is getting boring- I never said Bradford was unique
And trolling is never boring when people bite.
Rambo
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8:05pm Sun 7 Oct 12
bcfc1903 wrote:While I can't comment on the demos, we went to the curry festival on the Friday and the stalls were shambolic - about 12-15 stalls, spread out waaaay too far around the pond, and many of them were from local businesses anyway e.g Zaaras, Zouk, Prashad etc. Not exactly a 'World' Curry Festival when most things there were locally based....
thackley wrote:Yes thackley, things were buzzing in the park a week ago for the curry festival. My wife and i went down and sat through a brilliant demonstration of cooking spicy food by a lady chef from the Harrogate area, she was quite superb and also had a great sense of humour keeping the packed audience relaxed and informed. If you get the chance next year, get down to one of the cooking demos held in the end unit of the banana complex.
Bcfc1 ---+ I agree - it was amazing - everbody down there seemed to be having a really good time
When it was in Leeds it had Thai, Carribean, Japanese, Chinese etc. If they're going to have it again they should seriously rename it a 'Bradford' Curry Festival.
thackley
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8:37pm Sun 7 Oct 12
sajad727@msn.com
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11:20pm Sun 7 Oct 12
sajad727@msn.com
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11:22pm Sun 7 Oct 12
Albion.
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6:27am Mon 8 Oct 12
sajad727@msn.com wrote:From you! If you pay council tax.
Where is the money coming from?
stiflers mom
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8:46am Mon 8 Oct 12
thackley wrote:Bradford making a comeback. . .dont make me laugh there were only a couple of hundred people there when i walked past ,a one horse town in the arse end of nowhere could attract more people than that !!
Thanks bcfc1903 am going to try to go to more events in Bradford in the future -- Bradford is certainly making a comeback
bcfc1903
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12:30pm Mon 8 Oct 12
stiflers mom wrote:When we went down on Friday and Sunday, there were well over a thousand folk on both occasions. As for a one horse town, it was held in Bradford not Huddersfield. Bradford The first Unesco City of Film, Saltaire a UNESCO World Heritage site, The Media Museum, The Alhambra theatre, Bradford the birth place of the Bronte sisters, who knows maybe a new world class concert hall if the Odeon get's a refurb. City Park, the list goes on...
thackley wrote:Bradford making a comeback. . .dont make me laugh there were only a couple of hundred people there when i walked past ,a one horse town in the arse end of nowhere could attract more people than that !!
Thanks bcfc1903 am going to try to go to more events in Bradford in the future -- Bradford is certainly making a comeback
bcfc1903
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12:36pm Mon 8 Oct 12
Rambo wrote:Isn't the sub continent part of the world, deary me lol. I think the idea was to space the stalls around the mirror pool, so you took in both. The cooking demos were well worth a look, both were packed out when we attended in Bradford. I'm sure Leeds did an equally good job when they held it last year.
bcfc1903 wrote:While I can't comment on the demos, we went to the curry festival on the Friday and the stalls were shambolic - about 12-15 stalls, spread out waaaay too far around the pond, and many of them were from local businesses anyway e.g Zaaras, Zouk, Prashad etc. Not exactly a 'World' Curry Festival when most things there were locally based....
thackley wrote:Yes thackley, things were buzzing in the park a week ago for the curry festival. My wife and i went down and sat through a brilliant demonstration of cooking spicy food by a lady chef from the Harrogate area, she was quite superb and also had a great sense of humour keeping the packed audience relaxed and informed. If you get the chance next year, get down to one of the cooking demos held in the end unit of the banana complex.
Bcfc1 ---+ I agree - it was amazing - everbody down there seemed to be having a really good time
When it was in Leeds it had Thai, Carribean, Japanese, Chinese etc. If they're going to have it again they should seriously rename it a 'Bradford' Curry Festival.
stiflers mom
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1:02pm Mon 8 Oct 12
bcfc1903 wrote:you forgot to mention all the pound shops,bookies,payday loan shops,and all the rest of the boarded up shops the list goes on .....
stiflers mom wrote:When we went down on Friday and Sunday, there were well over a thousand folk on both occasions. As for a one horse town, it was held in Bradford not Huddersfield. Bradford The first Unesco City of Film, Saltaire a UNESCO World Heritage site, The Media Museum, The Alhambra theatre, Bradford the birth place of the Bronte sisters, who knows maybe a new world class concert hall if the Odeon get's a refurb. City Park, the list goes on...
thackley wrote:Bradford making a comeback. . .dont make me laugh there were only a couple of hundred people there when i walked past ,a one horse town in the arse end of nowhere could attract more people than that !!
Thanks bcfc1903 am going to try to go to more events in Bradford in the future -- Bradford is certainly making a comeback
Outraged English Subject
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1:16pm Mon 8 Oct 12
bcfc1903
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1:46pm Mon 8 Oct 12
stiflers mom wrote:I'm talking about places that are unique to Bradford, you need to seriously get out more lol.
bcfc1903 wrote:you forgot to mention all the pound shops,bookies,payday loan shops,and all the rest of the boarded up shops the list goes on .....
stiflers mom wrote:When we went down on Friday and Sunday, there were well over a thousand folk on both occasions. As for a one horse town, it was held in Bradford not Huddersfield. Bradford The first Unesco City of Film, Saltaire a UNESCO World Heritage site, The Media Museum, The Alhambra theatre, Bradford the birth place of the Bronte sisters, who knows maybe a new world class concert hall if the Odeon get's a refurb. City Park, the list goes on...
thackley wrote:Bradford making a comeback. . .dont make me laugh there were only a couple of hundred people there when i walked past ,a one horse town in the arse end of nowhere could attract more people than that !!
Thanks bcfc1903 am going to try to go to more events in Bradford in the future -- Bradford is certainly making a comeback
thackley
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2:36pm Mon 8 Oct 12
bcfc1903 wrote:i agree --bradford has loads going for it and there was well over a thousand there when we were there too
stiflers mom wrote:When we went down on Friday and Sunday, there were well over a thousand folk on both occasions. As for a one horse town, it was held in Bradford not Huddersfield. Bradford The first Unesco City of Film, Saltaire a UNESCO World Heritage site, The Media Museum, The Alhambra theatre, Bradford the birth place of the Bronte sisters, who knows maybe a new world class concert hall if the Odeon get's a refurb. City Park, the list goes on...
thackley wrote:Bradford making a comeback. . .dont make me laugh there were only a couple of hundred people there when i walked past ,a one horse town in the arse end of nowhere could attract more people than that !!
Thanks bcfc1903 am going to try to go to more events in Bradford in the future -- Bradford is certainly making a comeback
CharleyVarrick
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10:23pm Mon 8 Oct 12
thackley wrote:Well said, i second your comment.
albion and rambo how do the people in your life cope with your negativeness--is it jest bradford or life in general --why dont you move somewhere else if you hate it that much
We need more positiveness not whinging moaning d...kheads who keep coming on here leaving negative comments then telling us they have moved away. If you've moved away then pi$$ off and leave our town alone. Go leave comments on the grandiose places you live in now.
Charles Varrick.
CharleyVarrick
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10:30pm Mon 8 Oct 12
Rambo wrote:go on enjoy your leeds sunshine. The people of leeds take pi$$ out of you behind your back anyway.
thackley wrote: albion and rambo--such happy bunniesI am - I'm going out now to enjoy the sunshine in Leeds. see ya!
i've lived in London, i've worked in New York, i have an apartment in Los Angeles not too far from Huntington Beach and yet i still have time and make time for bradford because that is where i am from and always will be. Your yuppy apartment is worth jack$hit to someone who lives within yards of Huntington Beach in CA.. Leeds ??? i can't stop laughing, Haven't seen much you lot have you.... I will always love bradford and im not a turncoat. The reason Bradford is what it is has become is because of negative whinging turncoats like you. I live in LA because i work here, not because i dislike bradford or england by the way.
thackley
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8:23am Tue 9 Oct 12
CharleyVarrick wrote:well said !!
Rambo wrote:go on enjoy your leeds sunshine. The people of leeds take pi$$ out of you behind your back anyway.
thackley wrote: albion and rambo--such happy bunniesI am - I'm going out now to enjoy the sunshine in Leeds. see ya!
i've lived in London, i've worked in New York, i have an apartment in Los Angeles not too far from Huntington Beach and yet i still have time and make time for bradford because that is where i am from and always will be. Your yuppy apartment is worth jack$hit to someone who lives within yards of Huntington Beach in CA.. Leeds ??? i can't stop laughing, Haven't seen much you lot have you.... I will always love bradford and im not a turncoat. The reason Bradford is what it is has become is because of negative whinging turncoats like you. I live in LA because i work here, not because i dislike bradford or england by the way.
stiflers mom
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8:27am Tue 9 Oct 12
thackley
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8:03pm Tue 9 Oct 12
stiflers mom wrote:immature your self !!!
wow you have done well for your self to say that your only about 12 years old !!!
Andy2010
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12:10pm Fri 12 Oct 12
CharleyVarrick wrote:You also need to get some sleep when your in LA....as you seem to post around 2am - 4am mark
Rambo wrote:go on enjoy your leeds sunshine. The people of leeds take pi$$ out of you behind your back anyway. i've lived in London, i've worked in New York, i have an apartment in Los Angeles not too far from Huntington Beach and yet i still have time and make time for bradford because that is where i am from and always will be. Your yuppy apartment is worth jack$hit to someone who lives within yards of Huntington Beach in CA.. Leeds ??? i can't stop laughing, Haven't seen much you lot have you.... I will always love bradford and im not a turncoat. The reason Bradford is what it is has become is because of negative whinging turncoats like you. I live in LA because i work here, not because i dislike bradford or england by the way.thackley wrote: albion and rambo--such happy bunniesI am - I'm going out now to enjoy the sunshine in Leeds. see ya!
From the timings of your post I would actually say you are fibbing about LA to be honest. And Huntingdon beach lol. I have been there a couple fo occassions and its a right dump even when compared to Bradford. Before dreaming up some of these "facts about your life" you should have said you lived near El Matador Beach or Leo Carillo Beach as these are actually nice areas
CharleyVarrick
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8:06pm Fri 12 Oct 12
Andy2010 wrote:Where did you get your timings from you stupid ar$e ?? Downtown LA is exactly 8 hours behind GMT.
CharleyVarrick wrote:You also need to get some sleep when your in LA....as you seem to post around 2am - 4am mark From the timings of your post I would actually say you are fibbing about LA to be honest. And Huntingdon beach lol. I have been there a couple fo occassions and its a right dump even when compared to Bradford. Before dreaming up some of these "facts about your life" you should have said you lived near El Matador Beach or Leo Carillo Beach as these are actually nice areasRambo wrote:go on enjoy your leeds sunshine. The people of leeds take pi$$ out of you behind your back anyway. i've lived in London, i've worked in New York, i have an apartment in Los Angeles not too far from Huntington Beach and yet i still have time and make time for bradford because that is where i am from and always will be. Your yuppy apartment is worth jack$hit to someone who lives within yards of Huntington Beach in CA.. Leeds ??? i can't stop laughing, Haven't seen much you lot have you.... I will always love bradford and im not a turncoat. The reason Bradford is what it is has become is because of negative whinging turncoats like you. I live in LA because i work here, not because i dislike bradford or england by the way.thackley wrote: albion and rambo--such happy bunniesI am - I'm going out now to enjoy the sunshine in Leeds. see ya!
We are on PST, or pacific standard time. When i posted my messages it was 2.30pm here in the afternoon, as it was10,30pm in England.
What a stupid ravenscliffe council dump lodger you are
CharleyVarrick
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8:10pm Fri 12 Oct 12
Andy2010 wrote:get your facts correct before posting your rubbish next time, silly little village idiot..
CharleyVarrick wrote:You also need to get some sleep when your in LA....as you seem to post around 2am - 4am mark From the timings of your post I would actually say you are fibbing about LA to be honest. And Huntingdon beach lol. I have been there a couple fo occassions and its a right dump even when compared to Bradford. Before dreaming up some of these "facts about your life" you should have said you lived near El Matador Beach or Leo Carillo Beach as these are actually nice areasRambo wrote:go on enjoy your leeds sunshine. The people of leeds take pi$$ out of you behind your back anyway. i've lived in London, i've worked in New York, i have an apartment in Los Angeles not too far from Huntington Beach and yet i still have time and make time for bradford because that is where i am from and always will be. Your yuppy apartment is worth jack$hit to someone who lives within yards of Huntington Beach in CA.. Leeds ??? i can't stop laughing, Haven't seen much you lot have you.... I will always love bradford and im not a turncoat. The reason Bradford is what it is has become is because of negative whinging turncoats like you. I live in LA because i work here, not because i dislike bradford or england by the way.thackley wrote: albion and rambo--such happy bunniesI am - I'm going out now to enjoy the sunshine in Leeds. see ya!
You've been to Huntington Beach ?? yeah right, stop comparing your pie an' mash butlins outings and day trips to Blackpool...
watcher22 says...
9:50pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Worth every penny.