h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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from the wigan warriors am i to take it you are from wigan, or at least lancashire, im originally from warrigton.
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im 62 nearly not into any sport now, was ice speed in the old days, jim

Hi there

No I'm not from Wigan, I'm in Cumbria. Actually my home town is playing Wigan in the cup lol! Eveyone keeps asking me who I will support but I know where my loyalties are

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i am 61, so i can blame my own stupid message on myself lol jim

No it wasn't a stupid message lol!

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im not a sporty person, but in the 1960,s i was in the bradford ice speed b team.
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not for long, i was also the spotlight operator, and i couldnt be in two places at once.
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no contest, i got paid for the spotlight,not the skating lol.
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jim

That's pretty cool, I think I would struggle to stay upright on ice, never mind skate lol! It sounds a lot less dangerous being the spotlight operator lol!

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if you look at the first of the links below, you will see i took to skating on my first go,
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i live in bradford now, the link is to guide i did on the towns main buildings, more for at least on edited guide.
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being semi-disabled, i spend time writing about me mainly. but have now changed to doing a story page for not much of a writer, but can string the story together, and edite and bring them to life. jim

opps the k/borad needs a good cleanout lol
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Hi there again

I'll take a look at those links I've never been to Bradford.

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when you read the main edited one on the buildings, you will see there is no shopping complexes in the center.
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there is a flickr link to see the buildings as they are now,
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its not an exciting deited guide, but after being on h2g2 for nearly six yrs, its was the only one i could research in the library and local places like the t and a, and townhall. jim

It was interesting, the national media museum sounds like a good place to visit, and at least if I ever visit Bradford, I can go knowing historical facts, and places to go

And it must have been fun meeting all the famous people when you were younger I have to say I have never met anyone famous as yet lol!

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you`might have without knowing it, they say that if you live in a large town, the odds are you will pass one or two in a year, usualy around xmas, panto time.
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there are others ive met along the way, alan price set, the honeycombs. but without a ref and date i left them off the guide.
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the museum as a radio station in it, the bbc,co,uk/hub. loads for kids to play with in units and on walls. you can also pick an episode from a series if its on the list, and go into a little booth and watch it, no charge. jim

Hi there

That could be very true, may be I have and just not known it. My husband works on the railway, and has met a few famous people on the trains. He has even had a few wigan rugby players on his train but he didn't get their autographs for me. lol!

The museum does seem like an interesting place to visit if you are in Bardford. I do quite like visiting musuems.

I think the closest I have probably been to Bradford is Leeds. I've been there quite a few times.

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by bus it would take me from my home to town and then to leeds on the bus, over 1 and half hrs.
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here by bus to town, then deisel, about an hour to get to leeds.
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now the waether as picked up, i will be going to leeds in the next week or so, i need a new coat, and bradford doesnt have what i want, i like coats with plenty pockets inside and out, a detachable hood. in a dark colour
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must of our main shops like bhs, c and a, woolworths are now gone.
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we have the open and closed market, but nothing like i want
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jim

sorry about text glitches, my inferred remote k/board is over 10 yrs old, and the cable dont have replacements now, i take the keys(all 48 of them) off to clean underneath now and then, but its like me, got older lol jim

I think Leeds is really good for shopping, we don't have many good shops here either. So going to cities to shop is much better, being in Cumbria though it's a bit of pain getting to most places coz it takes so long. Leeds is about a 3 and half hour train journey for us.

Any way I hope you find yourself a coat.

I didn't even notice any text glitches lol!

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bradford is a large town, but as you might have seen in the news at sometime, we hav a large hole in the center that should have been the new shopping centre.
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but its on hold for the third time.and the shops that where there to start will wont come back they said, even when its built,if ever.
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if you look on my space, for the google link to my area, then navigate up the page, it will take you to brasford city, as the crow flies im only a mile away, two by bus.
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from bradford, the leeds rd, will navigate all the way to leeds. lol.
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you will have heard of meadowhall near sheffield, it was the reason i had to leave work in 1994.
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i worked as a printer for the architects who designed the complex, and the amount of prints needed was thousands a day,
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i was on my own, and one day, i collapsed, didnt think anything of it, next day quieter, then the friday, i went down hard, and had to go to the docs, and found i had,had two heart attacks and a mild stroke. after 8 months off, the doc said i had to resign, and ive been on the disable since.
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jim

Sorry I took a while to get back to you. I have been busy painting our kitchen and bathroom, so I've literally been up to my elbows in paint lol!

I have heard of meadowhall, that's a shame about what happened to you especially if you enjoyed your work. It must have been quite a scare as well.

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for the last three days ive been decorating my ex lodgers room.
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today i did the first coat on the walls, tomz i do the second and i hope last one lol
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that only leaves the skirtings to do.i have to do it by thursday if i can, as ive a visiter coming from london for a few days.
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she can use my bedroom, and i have a bed settee downstairs.
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if i can get the other done in time, i can put the double bed leaning aginst the wall in the room. jim