Halifax

I consider Halifax “my home” for two weeks(September 16, 2007-September 30, 2007) during my stay at West Yorkshire, England for a job-related training. The hotel which I stayed at was in Halifax and I am proud to say that I have roamed around the place. Well, the town centre to be exact. The office where the training was conducted is located in Mytholmroyd so I had spent much time walking(I consider it roaming leisurely) to and from the Halifax train station. Just too bad because I was wearing my heels most of the time and not so much foot-friendly with the brickstone pavement of Halifax. I’ve been to Piece Hall and every place in Woolshops Shopping Centre which is the main shopping area in Halifax. The Piece Hall is majestic with its Georgian building. I was also a regular customer at Sainsbury’s. It is quite big supermarket and the ready-to-eat foods are great(except for some that i would add some salt to it). I was also able to buy toblerones at a very cheap price. The buildings(mills) at Dean Clough were also admirable.

Halifax…

Has connections to Hell and Hull apparently, I can’t see the resemblance to Hull but Hell I certainly can!!

To be fair it has a large aray of bars, hence the high level of drunken lunacy that goes on here, It has, amazingly 3 to 1 ratio: women – men, the males have plenty of choice, unlucky for the women though cos many of the men here are fat, drunk, chavs, pretty boys, hooligans, gay, CHAVS and uninteresting… (I include myself in whichever you fancy except chavs and gay)

The main plus point is the huge music scene, for such a small town it is slowly becoming a hotbed of talented bands/musicians, it only needs someone to come and harness this burgeoning talent to put the place on the music map.

The Area itself is actually nice, you know the whole “It’s not the place but the people in it” thing – It’s true here, we have some of the most striking Victorian Architecture you’ll see, the Masonic hall, the Piece Hall, The Town Hall (designed by the guy that did The Houses of Parliament) are 3 good examples – the gibbet is the oldest “guillotene” around – which was used long before the French got it – and of course we have Halifax Town FC. (falls over laughing) – Ok, we ain’t a football town really but the rugby team does well… (falls over laughing), ok, recently our teams haven’t been overly successful but they have in the past and HX R.L.F.C has quite a long, distinguished history.

So, to all you non-faxers, if you’re passing through this little industrial town, stop off, have a beer, then get a good kicking outside “Lush” for your troubles! – OR, come visit anyways, it’s not all that bad, if I didn’t live here I daresay I’d like to visit.

Halifax

okaay…not the most exciting place in the world….but its got everything you need – decent shops…cheap supermarket…local newspaper…bars n clubs…green space…football team…what moe do you want? x

Not a very memorable place.