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Advice please: Bradford on a Friday or Saturday night
Posted: 01 Feb 2004, 21:37
by andymackem
I'm off to Bradford this weekend (Feb 6-8), ostensibly for work but largely to take her ladyship away and break the news gently that I'm going to be unavailable for V-Day the following week
Nice hotels, four-poster beds etc in Haworth should cover the romance bit, but some advice on anywhere worth going would be appreciated.
I'll be working in Bradford until about 6pm on the Saturday. Otherwise my time is largely my own.
Gigs, comedy shows, theatre, restaurants are all good. Clubs and curries less so.
All suggestions gratefully considered.
Posted: 01 Feb 2004, 23:50
by Ed Rhombus
Anywhere in Bradford is good for Curry.
Try the Empress for a rock pub
Posted: 02 Feb 2004, 12:23
by Padstar
"Advice please: Bradford on a Friday or Saturday night "
AVOID AT ALL COSTS!
Paddy.
Posted: 02 Feb 2004, 12:27
by Ed Rhombus
Unless Grinn and Rhombus happen to be playing
Evening all!
Posted: 02 Feb 2004, 13:10
by andymackem
Padstar wrote:"Advice please: Bradford on a Friday or Saturday night "
AVOID AT ALL COSTS!
Paddy.
Yeah, I'd heard that. Thanks.
I have a car ... I can extend this search to the rest of W Yorks if necessary.
Posted: 02 Feb 2004, 13:59
by Scardwel
andymackem wrote:
I have a car ... I can extend this search to the rest of W Yorks if necessary.
I can feel a shameless plug coming on...
Gig-wise, Rhombus are playing in Halifax (@ The Zoo Bar) on Saturday, which ain't far from Bradford....
Posted: 02 Feb 2004, 14:17
by Ed Rhombus
Good work Mister S!
All though sadly I wouldn't think we fitted most people's idea of a romantic night out.
Posted: 02 Feb 2004, 21:56
by Padstar
Ed Rhombus wrote:Unless Grinn and Rhombus happen to be playing
Evening all!
Ummm.... ooops...
yes, well..... ummm... of course that would and should indeed be the one and i say this in all seriousness only exception!
untill thenext gig...
Paddy
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Phew... thanks Ed !
Posted: 02 Feb 2004, 22:04
by Quiff Boy
hmm, lars will kill me for saying this but leeds is a better bet for culture than bradford......if you can't get to sunny hafilax
and it's only down the road from bratf'd.
plenty of gubbins in leeds as regards eateries, drinkeries, danceries and other-eries... what have you got in mind?
Posted: 02 Feb 2004, 22:09
by Quiff Boy
clubbing etc:
http://www.itchyleeds.co.uk/
theatres:
http://www.cityvarieties.co.uk/
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/civictheatre/
http://wyplayhouse.com/
what kind of restaurants were you thinking? leeds has ALL sorts for all tastebuds and all wallets
what cuisine? thai? indian? mexican?
Posted: 03 Feb 2004, 08:38
by andymackem
Thanks QB. I've experienced Leeds in the past (went to Uni in York so got to know the place quite well - ex still lives round there which could prompt a lively chance encounter if I get anywhere near Cookridge).
Restaurant-wise my usual test of a city is the likelihood of finding a good, authentic Russian restaurant ... but that's because I'm a pretentious fop at heart
Mexican sounds promising, or a non-chain Italian without a microwave.
Posted: 03 Feb 2004, 08:40
by andymackem
Scardwel wrote:andymackem wrote:
I have a car ... I can extend this search to the rest of W Yorks if necessary.
I can feel a shameless plug coming on...
Gig-wise, Rhombus are playing in Halifax (@ The Zoo Bar) on Saturday, which ain't far from Bradford....
So what do you sound like? (sadly I'm too technologically impoverished to master this new-fangled MP3 malarky - it were all badly-recorded tapes off the radio in my day).
More pertinently, what are your chances of not upsetting a girl who lists Erasure, REO Speedwagon and Chicago among her favourite acts.
Posted: 03 Feb 2004, 11:14
by Scardwel
Well we certainly _aren't_ AOR...
We've been described as Joy Division meets Carter USM, and others seem to think we sound like The Rose Of Avalanche...
Anyway, hope you have a nice weekend wherever you end up going...!
Posted: 03 Feb 2004, 12:25
by andymackem
Sounds promising. So where can I send her ladyship while I go to the gig?
Re: Advice please: Bradford on a Friday or Saturday night
Posted: 03 Feb 2004, 13:59
by Candover Premiere
andymackem wrote:I'm off to Bradford this weekend (Feb 6-8), ostensibly for work .
You might have a constructive dismissal case here.
Posted: 03 Feb 2004, 14:20
by Quiff Boy
Candover Premiere wrote:andymackem wrote:I'm off to Bradford this weekend (Feb 6-8), ostensibly for work .
You might have a constructive dismissal case here.
send her shopping in harrogate
Posted: 03 Feb 2004, 15:37
by Mrs RicheyJames
<in the best Frankie Howard voice EVER> ooooooooooohhhhh ya buggers
Re: Advice please: Bradford on a Friday or Saturday night
Posted: 03 Feb 2004, 16:35
by andymackem
Candover Premiere wrote:andymackem wrote:I'm off to Bradford this weekend (Feb 6-8), ostensibly for work .
You might have a constructive dismissal case here.
No. The constructive dismissal comes with the Tuesday night in Burnley next month.
I thought being a football reporter would be a laugh. Then the stupid buggers got relegated and all these midweek matches turned up to annoy me.
I wouldn't mind but I'm not even a West Ham fan
Posted: 03 Feb 2004, 20:18
by Lars Svensson
Quiff Boy wrote:hmm, lars will kill me for saying this but leeds is a better bet for culture than bradford......if you can't get to sunny hafilax
Hahahaha! Kill yer! Don't bleedin' think so...
More like AGREE...
As a Leeds-lad born and bred, but one who happens to work in Bratfuhd for 8 hours a day, let me tell you the best bit of the city of the Broad Ford is the railway line/road outta there...
Bradford v Leeds in the culture/going out/having a good time-stakes is a no-brainer (as I think the lingo has it.) Leeds has everything a modern city should have (yeah, yeah-the bad as well as the good) and I'm afraid that Bradford will forever live in its shadow. And, frankly, long may it be so!!!
However, Haworth'll be ok at this time of year Andymackem!! Make it so...
