CITY OF CULTURE 2025

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  1. LAI

    LAIKINART Well-Known Member

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    Good news for Bradford & Yorkshire on the award of designated City of Culture 2025.
    Had a positive impact on Hull when they got it.
    Always had a soft spot for Bradford, even though we always got bricked at away games back in the 70's.
    Commiserations to Armagh, would have been good for them too!
     
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    I’m so pleased they won! I can’t believe they’ve not got it before. I saw a statistic that Bradford is one of the UK’s youngest cities with a quarter of the population being under 16. It’s always a big thing in schools every year with them putting together ideas for a bid and the mayor goes around loads of schools who put on a mini festival and present their ideas. This will mean so much to so many people, it’s not something that has just been plucked out of the air with no interest.
     
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    Just wait till the city of Doncaster gets it !!
     
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    My granddaughter starts at the university this year and it is most impressive.
    I had no idea !
    Congratulations Bradford.

    Don’t like the access to your football ground though
     
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    It was genuine sheer joy on the peoples faces when it was announced, a bit like me when we score against dee-dars!
     
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    Unfortunately, my bus from Leeds bus station terminates in Bradford and I manage to fall asleep and wake up there most weekends.
     
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    Politically motivated though. Here's City of Culture Status instead of proper "leveling-up" funding.
     
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    Exile Well-Known Member

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    Good for Bradford but the cynic in me says it's a Tory crumb from the Law-Breaker's table of lies that's left them with the worst railway services of any comparable city in Western Europe.
     
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    Well done, Bradford! Ignore any snide comments - Liverpool got similar comments back in 2008! It was a great success and brought fantastic publicity to the City.
     
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