HD1

[hughphamism]

I think it was a chemical works from memory.

[Deleted]

Oct 8, 2010 19:05:45 GMT 1 terrierng said:

Oct 8, 2010 19:03:28 GMT 1 @matt said:

In fairness I giggled a bit when Stone Island was mentioned

stone island was quality before the chavs got wind of it....but who mentioned it?

this for trainers liam
size.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=10701&catalogId=11551&langId=-1

i always went for left hand by massimo otsi(sp) the stone island supremo,a cut above.think he was cp company too? still had the innovative style but without the chavvie bastards jumping on board :: still got the left hand but it does nt look the same,not with the monk spot hairdo and inflated waistline

[terrierng]

Oct 9, 2010 14:40:35 GMT 1 @fitzyblue said:

Oct 8, 2010 19:05:45 GMT 1 terrierng said:

stone island was quality before the chavs got wind of it....but who mentioned it?

this for trainers liam
size.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=10701&catalogId=11551&langId=-1

i always went for left hand by massimo otsi(sp) the stone island supremo,a cut above.think he was cp company too? still had the innovative style but without the chavvie bastards jumping on board still got the left hand but it does nt look the same,not with the monk spot hairdo and inflated waistline

good choices,cp company was stone islands better bigger brother,but like a lot of gear the chavs have snided it.

[Deleted]

dont know what your take is ng but i dont like all this helly hansen,bergauus(ok if you re stalking up some hills) and low rate sports wear types :: i long for the return of cut bleached jeans,tachini n aquascutem :: might have a job growing the flick hairdo back though :iconlol:

[terrierng]

just bought a berghaus,keeps me warm watching the kids on a freezing sunday otherwise like your style,i get a lot of gear off here

www.80scasualclassics.co.uk/p0/80s-casuals-tees/255487.htm

[wildbillthetownfan]

Huddersfield will always live in the shadow of Leeds!! it's the 3rd largest city in the country and while i think it's a good idea is HD One! will the shoppers really want to get caught up in the football crowds?, and the traffic will be horrendous.

[Nickhudds.UTT]

Oct 9, 2010 18:05:14 GMT 1 wildbillthetownfan said:

Huddersfield will always live in the shadow of Leeds!! it's the 3rd largest city in the country and while i think it's a good idea is HD One! will the shoppers really want to get caught up in the football crowds?, and the traffic will be horrendous.

no what you mean, can imagine about 2015 when alot will be up and running and we go to the match at 2pm, chaos !! but fun !!

[Deleted]

Oct 9, 2010 18:05:14 GMT 1 wildbillthetownfan said:

Huddersfield will always live in the shadow of Leeds!! it's the 3rd largest city in the country and while i think it's a good idea is HD One! will the shoppers really want to get caught up in the football crowds?, and the traffic will be horrendous.

Exactly... So why not attach itself to Leeds and Manchester...
- Housing & Network Links; Cheaper Town Centre housing over the extortionate Leeds & Manchester ones and a 10-20 minute Train to each location... With cheaper housing and building rental and improved road/rail/bus networks Huddersfield is quite handily placed social and business purposes... I think the Town is missing an opportunity and as such is dieing on it's arse a bit.

[Art Vandelay]

Oct 9, 2010 18:17:20 GMT 1 @matt said:

Oct 9, 2010 18:05:14 GMT 1 wildbillthetownfan said:

Huddersfield will always live in the shadow of Leeds!! it's the 3rd largest city in the country and while i think it's a good idea is HD One! will the shoppers really want to get caught up in the football crowds?, and the traffic will be horrendous.

Exactly... So why not attach itself to Leeds and Manchester...
- Housing & Network Links; Cheaper Town Centre housing over the extortionate Leeds & Manchester ones and a 10-20 minute Train to each location... With cheaper housing and building rental and improved road/rail/bus networks Huddersfield is quite handily placed social and business purposes... I think the Town is missing an opportunity and as such is dieing on it's arse a bit.

You can get a train to Leeds in 20 minutes, though. I don't think you can do much more about the train links. The bus however could be improved. I think the 'express' takes over an hour!

I think the fact that property prices in certain areas of Town have stayed relatively high suggests that people are still living here and commuting to Leeds/Manchester.

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Oct 9, 2010 18:33:10 GMT 1 Art Vandelay said:

Oct 9, 2010 18:17:20 GMT 1 @matt said:

Exactly... So why not attach itself to Leeds and Manchester...
- Housing & Network Links; Cheaper Town Centre housing over the extortionate Leeds & Manchester ones and a 10-20 minute Train to each location... With cheaper housing and building rental and improved road/rail/bus networks Huddersfield is quite handily placed social and business purposes... I think the Town is missing an opportunity and as such is dieing on it's arse a bit.

You can get a train to Leeds in 20 minutes, though. I don't think you can do much more about the train links. The bus however could be improved. I think the 'express' takes over an hour!

I think the fact that property prices in certain areas of Town have stayed relatively high suggests that people are still living here and commuting to Leeds/Manchester.

I was thinking more along the lines of more than a pub and a platform as a train station

Re the prices, in good parts of Hudds yes, but I'm sure the Town centre compared to the likes of Leeds and Manchester City Centre is relatively cheap in comparison.

[Deleted]

holy roller for mayor :udders: :udders: :udders:

[Deleted]

Oct 9, 2010 20:17:48 GMT 1 @fitzyblue said:

holy roller for mayor

I'd be awful

Lobbying for council tax raises to build futuristic developments in Hudds that no one would be interested in ;D

[Nickhudds.UTT]

Said it would now start, exciting times


www.examiner.co.uk/news/what-incredible-100m-hd-one-13192040

[Headless Chicken]

I'm not saying whether it's a good or bad idea, but if anyone on here is the pillock who seemed to be caning the idea on Facebook, purely because of the inconvenience it may cause us on home games.........moron.

[mids]

More importantly another thread that featured Fitzy

[rothwellterrier]

Jun 15, 2017 22:15:13 GMT 1 Headless Chicken said:

I'm not saying whether it's a good or bad idea, but if anyone on here is the pillock who seemed to be caning the idea on Facebook, purely because of the inconvenience it may cause us on home games.........moron.

I think he also drives a white van

[Deleted]

HDOne will become a pointless white elephant. It was thought up in different economic times and things change. Wages are stagnating, money is tighter and the whole economic model around this development is based upon retail spending.

[Nickhudds.UTT]

Jun 15, 2017 22:25:43 GMT 1 @bbrez said:

HDOne will become a pointless white elephant. It was thought up in different economic times and things change. Wages are stagnating, money is tighter and the whole economic model around this development is based upon retail spending.

Rubbish,
It's badly needed, Hudds has nothing, like the Stone Age.

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Jun 15, 2017 22:37:02 GMT 1 Nickhudds.UTT said:

Jun 15, 2017 22:25:43 GMT 1 @bbrez said:

HDOne will become a pointless white elephant. It was thought up in different economic times and things change. Wages are stagnating, money is tighter and the whole economic model around this development is based upon retail spending.

Rubbish,
It's badly needed, Hudds has nothing, like the Stone Age.

Yes, we badly need a dry ski slope and a Radisson.

Remind me what Hotel has been sitting empty in Town for the past few years...

[htfc1908]

Jun 15, 2017 22:40:44 GMT 1 @bbrez said:

Jun 15, 2017 22:37:02 GMT 1 Nickhudds.UTT said:

Rubbish,
It's badly needed, Hudds has nothing, like the Stone Age.

Yes, we badly need a dry ski slope and a Radisson.

Remind me what Hotel has been sitting empty in Town for the past few years...

If the Hotel group reckon it's viable then who are we to say otherwise, likewise Nando's etc

[Nickhudds.UTT]

Jun 15, 2017 22:40:44 GMT 1 @bbrez said:

Jun 15, 2017 22:37:02 GMT 1 Nickhudds.UTT said:

Rubbish,
It's badly needed, Hudds has nothing, like the Stone Age.

Yes, we badly need a dry ski slope and a Radisson.

Remind me what Hotel has been sitting empty in Town for the past few years...

The George hotel privately bought, nothing to do with it.
A very old antiquated building, move with the times.

[gingerc]

Delivered by 2020? Does it even have any reserved matters approvals? Not a chance of meeting those timescales if not and even if they have its still unlikely.

[Deleted]

Jun 15, 2017 22:53:07 GMT 1 Nickhudds.UTT said:

Jun 15, 2017 22:40:44 GMT 1 @bbrez said:

Yes, we badly need a dry ski slope and a Radisson.

Remind me what Hotel has been sitting empty in Town for the past few years...

The George hotel privately bought, nothing to do with it.
A very old antiquated building, move with the times.

Move with the times indeed and draw up plans for 2020 not use plans from 2005. 

[El Mel]

Jun 15, 2017 22:40:44 GMT 1 @bbrez said:

Jun 15, 2017 22:37:02 GMT 1 Nickhudds.UTT said:

Rubbish,
It's badly needed, Hudds has nothing, like the Stone Age.

Yes, we badly need a dry ski slope and a Radisson.

Remind me what Hotel has been sitting empty in Town for the past few years...

It's sitting empty because there is nothing in Huddersfield unless you are a student.

[Deleted]

Jun 15, 2017 23:31:55 GMT 1 El Mel said:

Jun 15, 2017 22:40:44 GMT 1 @bbrez said:

Yes, we badly need a dry ski slope and a Radisson.

Remind me what Hotel has been sitting empty in Town for the past few years...

It's sitting empty because there is nothing in Huddersfield unless you are a student.

Bloody students, coming here, helping to keep our Town alive. The university really is the one shining light among some key industry the Town still has.

But there are still so many issues with HDOne - it will undoubtedly be a damp squib. The economics of it is built upon pre 'credid crunch' times. Huddersfield has the third lowest average weekly wages across the biggest towns and cities in the UK, an economy reliant on leisure/retail relies on disposable income - never going to happen with wage stagnation and a soon to be falling economy. 

Then there's prospect of it ruining an already failing Town centre with shops shutting and plenty of units sitting unused. Not to mention the issues around people getting to and from HDOne - the idea is totally reliant upon car transportation.

Then they seem to think that it could attract 4 million people a year to HDOne. I mean why would anyone want to use a dry ski slope in Huddersfield when they could go to Castleford or Manchester and use an indoor facility? Why come trampolining in Huddersfield when they could do that in Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester or even Barnsley.

I want the best for my town and I want it to thrive but HDOne has been coming for over a decade and too many people and pinning far too much on just one project for the Town to succeed. Regeneration of any town or city requires more than one big leisure project.

[shawsie]

HD1 is needed in the town........we need investment in something different.
There's no point trying to emulate Leeds and Manchester - but something a bit quirky, different may attract new visitors into the town and it's badly needed. For those who decry it, what's your alternative?
Stay with what we have and bemoan everything?!

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There's some good old posters on page 1

[TTCMatt]

Jun 16, 2017 0:01:47 GMT 1 shawsie said:

HD1 is needed in the town........we need investment in something different.
There's no point trying to emulate Leeds and Manchester - but something a bit quirky, different may attract new visitors into the town and it's badly needed. For those who decry it, what's your alternative?
Stay with what we have and bemoan everything?!

The alternative is to do as you say, try something a bit different. On the plus side, it could potentially kick off an economic "Leeds City Region" regeneration around the ground and old Leeds Rd leading up to the Town (if there's the appetite). Huddersfield needs to harness and keep those studying within the town - see what fields they're going into and try create facilities to keep them here. Rental prices in Leeds City and Manchester are quite high, so why not look to attract startup and new business around that area? Create the space for people to be on a daily basis. From there the HDone becomes less of a random placement for leisure..

On the negative side, it's going to be a bit of a nightmare to get in and out of if it is busy. That needs looking at... From memory, they had listed on the website previously:
- Ski Slope; ok so it's an outdoor artificial snow slope - but with indoor ones in Mancs and Cas, is one needed in between?
- Small Music Venue; With the FD Arena and O2 in Leeds, would it be able to get any decent acts?
- Bowling; Is this as popular as it used to be?
- Trampolining; different I guess - but there are centres in Leeds, Mancs, Sheffield, Castleford - it's all been done.

Maybe they should look at what Olympic Sports don't have northern centres and see if they can get some additional funding if they provide a quality facility? Maybe look to work with the Canal and River Trust to see if they can do something re Kayaking, Canoeing? AFAIK there aren't any specialist centre's about (not that I'm an expert) - it just needs something different, because if they try go toe to toe with what's already in Leeds and Mancs, they will lose out.

On the positive, the dining parts should work out alright. 5 Guys is mint

[El Mel]

Jun 15, 2017 23:59:37 GMT 1 @bbrez said:

Jun 15, 2017 23:31:55 GMT 1 El Mel said:

It's sitting empty because there is nothing in Huddersfield unless you are a student.

Bloody students, coming here, helping to keep our Town alive. The university really is the one shining light among some key industry the Town still has.

But there are still so many issues with HDOne - it will undoubtedly be a damp squib. The economics of it is built upon pre 'credid crunch' times. Huddersfield has the third lowest average weekly wages across the biggest towns and cities in the UK, an economy reliant on leisure/retail relies on disposable income - never going to happen with wage stagnation and a soon to be falling economy. 

Then there's prospect of it ruining an already failing Town centre with shops shutting and plenty of units sitting unused. Not to mention the issues around people getting to and from HDOne - the idea is totally reliant upon car transportation.

Then they seem to think that it could attract 4 million people a year to HDOne. I mean why would anyone want to use a dry ski slope in Huddersfield when they could go to Castleford or Manchester and use an indoor facility? Why come trampolining in Huddersfield when they could do that in Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester or even Barnsley.

I want the best for my town and I want it to thrive but HDOne has been coming for over a decade and too many people and pinning far too much on just one project for the Town to succeed. Regeneration of any town or city requires more than one big leisure project.

The indoor ski slopes along the M62 are shite, and expensive.
I'll definitely use the one being built at HD One, as will a lot of people I know who ski and snowboard. People seem to think that it isn't viable, yet there's been a (relatively poor) dry slope in operation in Halifax for something like 30 years - and its produced Olympic Gold Medallists. 

The town centre died a long time ago as a retail centre - I bet I haven't been shopping in Huddersfield since Margaret Thatcher was in power - it's utterly rubbish in comparison to shopping in retail villages, online, or of course, supermarkets for your grub. The town has re-invented itself with the growth of the University, and this development is part of that change. It will provide plenty of work opportunities for more students, who then have money to spend in the town.

You seem convinced it's destined to fail, yet Costa, Pizza Hut, The Odeon, and The Rope Walk are long established thriving businesses on the site - so why are the new ones occupying HD One going to be unable to attract customers? McDonalds on Leeds Road - you cant get on Leeds Road at times for the cars queuing to get in - but people in Huddersfield don't have any disposable income?

All the finance was in place for this project months ago, there are plenty of people who have far more faith in it that you, and they've stumped up the cash to back that up. 

Personally I find it exciting, it will benefit the town, and the club, and put the stadium back on the map - as it was when it was first built and part of the revolution of football ground re-generation that followed.

[calken]

Jun 15, 2017 22:40:44 GMT 1 @bbrez said:

Remind me what Hotel has been sitting empty in Town for the past few years...

A crap, outdated shithole that you would never want to put customers in.