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Post by Wingman on Jun 15, 2023 20:56:09 GMT 1
Pipe dream but that land would make an excellent Town fan pub site, museum base, and maybe a Town themed eaterie. No dogs on the menu though. What about hot-dogs, i've seen a few hot-dogs this week...some with four legs too but none were being eaten. Touche. I hadn't thought of that.  |
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Post by westislandterrier on Jun 15, 2023 21:07:59 GMT 1
We’re miles behind Calderdale has shibden park, eureka, the peace hall and hebden brigde Wakefield council has a new shopping centre, mining museum, the Hepworth, Xscape, pugneys, newmillardam Barnsley has the hipperdrome, wentworth Bradford has saltaire, Haworth, museum of film and industry That’s the councils that border Kirklees We have Oakwell house - which is practically in Leeds! A dead Huddersfield town centre full of empty shops and a blueprint to demolish half the town centre and create spaces that will only be used by smack heads Yep - I’ve been about the block a bit and not just because I support it’s football club , but Huddersfield is a very nice Town to visit - It has nice restaurants, great pubs, a decent bus service, a lovely train station, great roads - compared to Scotland anyway - nice hotels and great staff in every place ! Every Town needs a wee bit of investment from time to time and it looks like plenty is coming the way of Huddersfield soon...😊 Even ma own lovely Whisky Isle has it’s wee faults - The ‘capital’ of Bowmore has a very fine distillery, a round church - one of only two in Scotland - but they built a row of houses along the shore street when they made the village and no one can see the sea unless you can get into the back garden of these houses - and the road out is in such a state of disrepair that it’s rougher than a force 12 gale on The Hebridean Isles ferry ! 🤮 Falkirk, Bathgate, Greenock, Paisley, Bonhill, North Ayr, Saltcoates, Ardrossan in Scotland alone make Huddersfield look like a Glitzy Royal Burgh ! I’m only in Huddersfield twice a year but it’s a very fine town with a very fine folks that are very friendly and helpful and I’ve never had a negative experience yet in around 26 visits ! 😊 👍 |
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Post by King Curtis on Jun 15, 2023 21:13:20 GMT 1
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Post by westislandterrier on Jun 15, 2023 21:23:02 GMT 1
Is it Kevin NAG - UL Or is it Kevin NAY - GUL ?? That would actually be a good question for The HTAFC media team to ask him in his impending first interview - Just so we all know how to say it ! 😉 |
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Post by malcolmbrown on Jun 15, 2023 21:45:40 GMT 1
Good to see the amount of Huddersfield town centre bashing on here. We may be 2nd Division in Football but as is always the case we are top of the Premier League in bashing the town. I'm 53 and people have always moaned about Huddersfield. It's funny when people moan about the town centre that they forget that 30 years ago it was really dog shit. No cinema for a while, no theatre, decaying football stadium, fewer pubs and cafes than now, not even a decent bookshop. At least we had Greenhead Park to get mugged in. Yes there were more shops but like most towns the internet is killing them off. Even Oxford Street in London is struggling these days. Heh? It’s all relative, ain’t it. In another 30 years, we’ll look back and reflect that it’s shit in comparison to what it will be. It ain’t about quantity, it’s quality. And there’s a lack of it in the Town. Some decent boozers dotted about, granted. But the quality of shops is pants. You ain’t taking your Mrs (Mr, whatever) to the town centre for a day out, are you. Because unless you’re going to get pissed up, there’s fuck all to do. But it can’t compete with Leeds and Manc, never has been able to, and that’s fine. Id rather go there for culture rather go to the LB theatre to watch some low budget bollocks. That’s what some people like and want. So be it. But let’s not kid ourselves on that Hudds is some some sort of metropolitan heartbeat now. It’s just facts. The economics say as much. And that's the attitude that's f***ed Huddersfield over for many years. My mum came over here from Manchester in the 60s and even then she was amazed by the self defeating contempt for the town from its inhabitants. |
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Post by Uddersfeeled on Jun 15, 2023 22:07:37 GMT 1
We’re miles behind Calderdale has shibden park, eureka, the peace hall and hebden brigde Wakefield council has a new shopping centre, mining museum, the Hepworth, Xscape, pugneys, newmillardam Barnsley has the hipperdrome, wentworth Bradford has saltaire, Haworth, museum of film and industry That’s the councils that border Kirklees We have Oakwell house - which is practically in Leeds! A dead Huddersfield town centre full of empty shops and a blueprint to demolish half the town centre and create spaces that will only be used by smack heads And….. Greenhead and Beaumont Park, and Castle Hill and the beautiful countryside to the south west, and the Holme Valley and up and coming Colne Valley villages which are just as nice as anywhere you’ve mentioned above. Hear hear Rich !! It's a beautiful part of the country that some local inhabitants take for granted. We've enjoyed all it has to offer with mates over the years  . Good times !! The rise in social mobility and globalisation allows you to foxtrot oscar if you so desire. You could move as far a field as Halifax, Wakefield or Barnsley. Bradford, good luck with that one !! Yes, admittedly, the town centre could do with a little tlc but it's no different to any provincial town in the north. Same issues/same problems. Don't get me started on people born and bred in Huddersfield supporting Man Utd, Liverpool or Man City et al. That makes my piss boil !! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2023 22:17:26 GMT 1
Greenhead Park?? Really? It is an absolute dump. Smack head and robbery central. Is it? Walked the dogs a few times there in the last year and it seemed ok to me, didn’t get robbed or see any smack heads although it was 10am Certainly not a dump I'd say,plenty of people use it.Like a lot of places you wouldn't be in it after dark. |
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Post by sapphireblue on Jun 15, 2023 22:22:11 GMT 1
Is it? Walked the dogs a few times there in the last year and it seemed ok to me, didn’t get robbed or see any smack heads although it was 10am Certainly not a dump I'd say,plenty of people use it.Like a lot of places you wouldn't be in it after dark. It's now a closed park after dark. So no-one should be in there anyway. |
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Post by westislandterrier on Jun 15, 2023 22:27:08 GMT 1
And….. Greenhead and Beaumont Park, and Castle Hill and the beautiful countryside to the south west, and the Holme Valley and up and coming Colne Valley villages which are just as nice as anywhere you’ve mentioned above. Hear hear Rich !! It's a beautiful part of the country that some local inhabitants take for granted. We've enjoyed all it has to offer with mates over the years . Good times !! The rise in social mobility and globalisation allows you to foxtrot oscar if you so desire. You could move as far a field as Halifax, Wakefield or Barnsley. Bradford, good luck with that one !! Yes, admittedly, the town centre could do with a little tlc but it's no different to any provincial town in the north. Same issues/same problems. Don't get me started on people born and bred in Huddersfield supporting Man Utd, Liverpool or Man City et al. That makes my piss boil !!Not in any way disputing what your saying Uddersfeeled (Brilliant Codename by the way) ! 😊 - But HTAFC still get ‘reasonable’ attendances for the size of the town - or definitely do Per Capita in comparison to town’s in Bonnie Scotland... Heaven only knows what The Chairmen of clubs like St. Mirren, Kilmarnock, Greenock Morton, Ayr United, Falkirk, St. Johnstone, Dundee And Dundee United - And even ma wee local club Dumbarton FC think when they see busload after busload, platform after platform departing their local town and therefore deserting their local club for a glory bigot fest at Parkhead one week and Ibrox the next... When we were in Renfrew, I used to see it at Paisley Gilmore St Station every single week of the footy season... No wonder The Premier League in Scotland is the laughing stock of the universe ! 😬 |
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Post by benhomly on Jun 15, 2023 22:41:14 GMT 1
And….. Greenhead and Beaumont Park, and Castle Hill and the beautiful countryside to the south west, and the Holme Valley and up and coming Colne Valley villages which are just as nice as anywhere you’ve mentioned above. Hear hear Rich !! It's a beautiful part of the country that some local inhabitants take for granted. We've enjoyed all it has to offer with mates over the years . Good times !! The rise in social mobility and globalisation allows you to foxtrot oscar if you so desire. You could move as far a field as Halifax, Wakefield or Barnsley. Bradford, good luck with that one !! Yes, admittedly, the town centre could do with a little tlc but it's no different to any provincial town in the north. Same issues/same problems. Don't get me started on people born and bred in Huddersfield supporting Man Utd, Liverpool or Man City et al. That makes my piss boil !! HuddsTerrier's post is wrong on so many levels. Saying Bradford has Haworth is laughable. It's 11 miles away FFS, I've even heard people defending Bradford claiming the Yorkshire Dales as their own  . Hebden Bridge is also 8 miles from Halifax and is no great shakes either IMO. Huddersfield has surrounding countryside and villages to rival any mentioned in that post. As others have mentioned the only issue with Huddersfield is the town centre which at the moment is a bit of a shithole but hopefully the plans for the next few years will change that. As our resident tourist guide keeps telling us there are a number of decent pubs and restaurants, the problem being they are all spaced out over the town. If they were all situated in one area it would change the perception but I guess not much can be done about that. One aspect that probably won't change is the 'types' that hang around the centre, walking round sometimes makes you wonder if you've wandered onto the set of a zombie movie. But is that really any different than walking round any decent sized town or city? |
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Post by Uddersfeeled on Jun 15, 2023 23:15:47 GMT 1
Hear hear Rich !! It's a beautiful part of the country that some local inhabitants take for granted. We've enjoyed all it has to offer with mates over the years . Good times !! The rise in social mobility and globalisation allows you to foxtrot oscar if you so desire. You could move as far a field as Halifax, Wakefield or Barnsley. Bradford, good luck with that one !! Yes, admittedly, the town centre could do with a little tlc but it's no different to any provincial town in the north. Same issues/same problems. Don't get me started on people born and bred in Huddersfield supporting Man Utd, Liverpool or Man City et al. That makes my piss boil !!Not in any way disputing what your saying Uddersfeeled (Brilliant Codename by the way) ! 😊 - But HTAFC still get ‘reasonable’ attendances for the size of the town - or definitely do Per Capita in comparison to town’s in Bonnie Scotland... Heaven only knows what The Chairmen of clubs like St. Mirren, Kilmarnock, Greenock Morton, Ayr United, Falkirk, St. Johnstone, Dundee And Dundee United - And even ma wee local club Dumbarton FC think when they see busload after busload, platform after platform departing their local town and therefore deserting their local club for a glory bigot fest at Parkhead one week and Ibrox the next... When we were in Renfrew, I used to see it at Paisley Gilmore St Station every single week of the footy season... No wonder The Premier League in Scotland is the laughing stock of the universe ! 😬  Nice to make your acquaintance ! I don't know much about footballing affairs north of the border but that's poor form. Incorporate Scottish clubs within the EFL (cue tin hats)?? No doubt it's been considered in the past, and an independence vote would certainly scupper that but would it not benefit those clubs. I'm no expert on these matters but I recall people saying in the 90s that the influx of foreign players would prove to be a barrier to homegrown talent. What it in fact it has done has raised the bar of that homegrown talent to the benefit of the national team. I'd rather have Foden and Grealish over Steve Hodges or Peter Reid. |
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Post by Uddersfeeled on Jun 15, 2023 23:19:01 GMT 1
Hear hear Rich !! It's a beautiful part of the country that some local inhabitants take for granted. We've enjoyed all it has to offer with mates over the years . Good times !! The rise in social mobility and globalisation allows you to foxtrot oscar if you so desire. You could move as far a field as Halifax, Wakefield or Barnsley. Bradford, good luck with that one !! Yes, admittedly, the town centre could do with a little tlc but it's no different to any provincial town in the north. Same issues/same problems. Don't get me started on people born and bred in Huddersfield supporting Man Utd, Liverpool or Man City et al. That makes my piss boil !! HuddsTerrier's post is wrong on so many levels. Saying Bradford has Haworth is laughable. It's 11 miles away FFS, I've even heard people defending Bradford claiming the Yorkshire Dales as their own . Hebden Bridge is also 8 miles from Halifax and is no great shakes either IMO. Huddersfield has surrounding countryside and villages to rival any mentioned in that post. As others have mentioned the only issue with Huddersfield is the town centre which at the moment is a bit of a shithole but hopefully the plans for the next few years will change that. As our resident tourist guide keeps telling us there are a number of decent pubs and restaurants, the problem being they are all spaced out over the town. If they were all situated in one area it would change the perception but I guess not much can be done about that. One aspect that probably won't change is the 'types' that hang around the centre, walking round sometimes makes you wonder if you've wandered onto the set of a zombie movie. But is that really any different than walking round any decent sized town or city? Anybody walked through Piccadilly Gardens recently. It's the 'spice' of life !! |
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Post by wildhogg on Jun 15, 2023 23:33:07 GMT 1
Huddersfield and most of Kirklees is an oasis compared to some areas of West Yorkshire. Try having a drive around BD7/BD8 and Holmewood if you want to see real sh*tholes.
There was a ridiculous piece in the Examiner really, covering a reporter's observations made whilst walking round a local park. They saw teenagers smoking weed and down-at-heel blokes with cans of lager. Revelatory stuff.
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Post by merseysideterrier on Jun 16, 2023 0:04:09 GMT 1
Slightly off topic but clearly those bashing the Town Centre clearly need to visit West Bromwich, Hull, Luton. Bradford etc etc. Also pay it a visit rather than buy everything on line! But what about Henley and Marlow. Sandbanks, Lemington, St Ives and Harrogate? People who think Hudds is great clearly hasn’t visited those… Catch-22 re shopping though ain’t it. Shit shops = don’t visit. Don’t visit = shit shops. There’s gotta be a stimulus. But if you don’t wanna sup and/or shop, what you gonna do? No comment on the rest of your post, but having lived in Leamington for several years I'd have to point out that 95% of it is as much a shithole as Hudds. The Georgian buildings on the Parade look nice, but they're still occupied by bookies, pound shops and pubs full of smackheads. South Leam, away from the 'touristy' bits, is even worse. There's a couple of good boozers and Jephson Gardens is nice, but other than that it's a tip. |
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Post by drewden on Jun 16, 2023 0:08:42 GMT 1
Is it Kevin NAG - UL Or is it Kevin NAY - GUL ?? It is Kevin Nagle. |
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Post by Uddersfeeled on Jun 16, 2023 0:15:28 GMT 1
Is it? Walked the dogs a few times there in the last year and it seemed ok to me, didn’t get robbed or see any smack heads although it was 10am Certainly not a dump I'd say,plenty of people use it.Like a lot of places you wouldn't be in it after dark. You'll be fine with your SF's NVGs and C8 carbine. Speed Aggression Surprise. |
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Post by goodbet on Jun 16, 2023 0:21:49 GMT 1
Places around Huddersfield are fine but the town centre is a dump.
Back in the 60's and 70's the town was one of the best places for mile and miles, but now I never go in and only come back to Huddersfield for the games and to visit family.
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Post by FloridaTerrier on Jun 16, 2023 0:50:26 GMT 1
Is it Kevin NAG - UL Or is it Kevin NAY - GUL ?? It is Kevin Nagle. Maybe he wants exotic and wants it as Kevin Nag-ley  |
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Post by Merseyterrier on Jun 16, 2023 0:52:22 GMT 1
HuddsTerrier's post is wrong on so many levels. Saying Bradford has Haworth is laughable. It's 11 miles away FFS, I've even heard people defending Bradford claiming the Yorkshire Dales as their own . Hebden Bridge is also 8 miles from Halifax and is no great shakes either IMO. Huddersfield has surrounding countryside and villages to rival any mentioned in that post. As others have mentioned the only issue with Huddersfield is the town centre which at the moment is a bit of a shithole but hopefully the plans for the next few years will change that. As our resident tourist guide keeps telling us there are a number of decent pubs and restaurants, the problem being they are all spaced out over the town. If they were all situated in one area it would change the perception but I guess not much can be done about that. One aspect that probably won't change is the 'types' that hang around the centre, walking round sometimes makes you wonder if you've wandered onto the set of a zombie movie. But is that really any different than walking round any decent sized town or city? Anybody walked through Piccadilly Gardens recently. It's the 'spice' of life !! Piccadilly Gardens is bad during the day, but at night it becomes a strange place. A sad place…. Just spent a couple of days in Birmingham and again bars and restaurants are full, but so are the shop doorways and the steps in front of New Street Station |
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Post by Spike24 on Jun 16, 2023 5:54:01 GMT 1
Good to see the amount of Huddersfield town centre bashing on here. We may be 2nd Division in Football but as is always the case we are top of the Premier League in bashing the town. I'm 53 and people have always moaned about Huddersfield. It's funny when people moan about the town centre that they forget that 30 years ago it was really dog shit. No cinema for a while, no theatre, decaying football stadium, fewer pubs and cafes than now, not even a decent bookshop. At least we had Greenhead Park to get mugged in. Yes there were more shops but like most towns the internet is killing them off. Even Oxford Street in London is struggling these days. We’re miles behind Calderdale has shibden park, eureka, the peace hall and hebden brigde Wakefield council has a new shopping centre, mining museum, the Hepworth, Xscape, pugneys, newmillardam Barnsley has the hipperdrome, wentworth Bradford has saltaire, Haworth, museum of film and industry That’s the councils that border Kirklees We have Oakwell house - which is practically in Leeds! A dead Huddersfield town centre full of empty shops and a blueprint to demolish half the town centre and create spaces that will only be used by smack heads! Standedge tunnel, Marsden Moor estate, Tolson museum,Emley Moor, scammonden. There is some great places in Huddersfield in my opinion mate. |
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Post by Spike24 on Jun 16, 2023 5:55:33 GMT 1
Is it Kevin NAG - UL Or is it Kevin NAY - GUL ?? Nay-gul from the interviews I've seen online. |
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Post by Big Ern on Jun 16, 2023 6:54:59 GMT 1
The town has suffered for years now. We are miles behind Calderdale in terms of innovation and infrastructure. This blueprint is a load of rubbish. Create more green spaces, to do what? Unless you invest in the town centre to make it more attractive for businesses no amount of greenspace will do anything.
The nightlife is shot because students decide to go to Leeds or Manchester. There is no investment at all. Even Elland is more upcoming than Hudds town Centre.
The only positive is that I have heard we are building an indoor food establishment along the lines of Elephant and Castle Mercato Metropolitano in the indoor market. That would be a start.
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Post by Flowerdisco on Jun 16, 2023 7:11:12 GMT 1
Heh? It’s all relative, ain’t it. In another 30 years, we’ll look back and reflect that it’s shit in comparison to what it will be. It ain’t about quantity, it’s quality. And there’s a lack of it in the Town. Some decent boozers dotted about, granted. But the quality of shops is pants. You ain’t taking your Mrs (Mr, whatever) to the town centre for a day out, are you. Because unless you’re going to get pissed up, there’s fuck all to do. But it can’t compete with Leeds and Manc, never has been able to, and that’s fine. Id rather go there for culture rather go to the LB theatre to watch some low budget bollocks. That’s what some people like and want. So be it. But let’s not kid ourselves on that Hudds is some some sort of metropolitan heartbeat now. It’s just facts. The economics say as much. And that's the attitude that's f***ed Huddersfield over for many years. My mum came over here from Manchester in the 60s and even then she was amazed by the self defeating contempt for the town from its inhabitants. Last year some older ladies stopped me to ask where the open market was. As I gave them directions they said they had cone on a day trip from Hull. |
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Post by rockwall on Jun 16, 2023 7:15:40 GMT 1
Is it Kevin NAG - UL Or is it Kevin NAY - GUL ?? Like bagel with a N |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2023 7:36:15 GMT 1
Certainly not a dump I'd say,plenty of people use it.Like a lot of places you wouldn't be in it after dark. It's now a closed park after dark. So no-one should be in there anyway. I was referring to winter early evenings when its open till 6pm. |
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Post by Skint Terriers on Jun 16, 2023 8:20:41 GMT 1
The town has suffered for years now. We are miles behind Calderdale in terms of innovation and infrastructure. This blueprint is a load of rubbish. Create more green spaces, to do what? Unless you invest in the town centre to make it more attractive for businesses no amount of greenspace will do anything. The nightlife is shot because students decide to go to Leeds or Manchester. There is no investment at all. Even Elland is more upcoming than Hudds town Centre. The only positive is that I have heard we are building an indoor food establishment along the lines of Elephant and Castle Mercato Metropolitano in the indoor market. That would be a start. Elland is a lovely place to go for a few nice drinks now and that used to be one of the biggest shitholes I've ever seen |
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Post by Next Manager coming soon on Jun 16, 2023 8:43:03 GMT 1
OH MY GOD CLOSE THIS THREAD FFS!!!
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Post by mosher on Jun 16, 2023 9:02:07 GMT 1
Hear hear Rich !! It's a beautiful part of the country that some local inhabitants take for granted. We've enjoyed all it has to offer with mates over the years . Good times !! The rise in social mobility and globalisation allows you to foxtrot oscar if you so desire. You could move as far a field as Halifax, Wakefield or Barnsley. Bradford, good luck with that one !! Yes, admittedly, the town centre could do with a little tlc but it's no different to any provincial town in the north. Same issues/same problems. Don't get me started on people born and bred in Huddersfield supporting Man Utd, Liverpool or Man City et al. That makes my piss boil !! HuddsTerrier's post is wrong on so many levels. Saying Bradford has Haworth is laughable. It's 11 miles away FFS, I've even heard people defending Bradford claiming the Yorkshire Dales as their own . Hebden Bridge is also 8 miles from Halifax and is no great shakes either IMO. Huddersfield has surrounding countryside and villages to rival any mentioned in that post. As others have mentioned the only issue with Huddersfield is the town centre which at the moment is a bit of a shithole but hopefully the plans for the next few years will change that. As our resident tourist guide keeps telling us there are a number of decent pubs and restaurants, the problem being they are all spaced out over the town. If they were all situated in one area it would change the perception but I guess not much can be done about that. One aspect that probably won't change is the 'types' that hang around the centre, walking round sometimes makes you wonder if you've wandered onto the set of a zombie movie. But is that really any different than walking round any decent sized town or city? needs to be signed up by the Kirklees Tourist Board. Or perhaps honourary Mayor of Huddersfield. He can't be Sheriff, that post's already taken by Iron Maiden's manager Rod Smallwood |
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Post by mosher on Jun 16, 2023 9:06:31 GMT 1
OH MY GOD CLOSE THIS THREAD FFS!!! Why? Plenty of people still posting on it, no matter how much it diverges. There's always the option of not clicking on it. |
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Post by Gag N Bone Man on Jun 16, 2023 9:20:05 GMT 1
I would pass judgement on Huddersfield as a place but live on Dewsbury Moor
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. Good times !!
. Hebden Bridge is also 8 miles from Halifax and is no great shakes either IMO. Huddersfield has surrounding countryside and villages to rival any mentioned in that post. 
