tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post4861007068687742865..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Why does Bradford Council want to close its wonderful market?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-64081633515695783822013-04-06T18:09:04.714+01:002013-04-06T18:09:04.714+01:00Not a bad one that. I'm in Stoke and I have to...Not a bad one that. I'm in Stoke and I have to go to Manchester or Birmingham to find the Indian sweets, which as you may be aware are just to die for. (And you probably will die if you eat more'n a handful, though you'll do so happily). <br /><br />At these markets, you get people coming along on a regular basis and buying the same stuff from traders who know and love their patch, often producing the ingredients themselves, and why do councils seem hell-bent on preventing these transactions from happening?<br /><br />You should see our council if you want something to bemoan. Mind you, almost everyone (me excepted, obviously) votes Labour so it's hard to see what else they were expecting. It's the way they fall into line and publicly express opinions they can't possibly hold in their own minds or hearts. And any area that allows itself to become a one-party state is the same, which is why I envy our neighbours in Staffordshire Moorlands who have all the main parties, an independent group and a strong group of locally-minded independents (and absolutely no "Respect" at all). asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-89887538444103591232013-04-06T09:53:17.492+01:002013-04-06T09:53:17.492+01:00I have fond memories of Rawson Market. My mother u...I have fond memories of Rawson Market. My mother used to be a barmaid at the Rawson pub and we used to go in the market. There were stalls around the walls where you could go and eat pie & peas and other delicacies.<br />Arcades up Darley Street and a great Central Library. All gone.<br />Visited Florence some time ago and there was a replica market with the stalls round the outside where you could get a proper flavour of Italy.<br />I live in Leeds now, where arcades have been preserved and gentrified, but at least they are still there.<br />Bradford was the city of my birth, schooling and university. I never visit now. It's a hole in the ground, in more ways than one.<br />Such a shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com