Admit it. Yorkshire Folk can be proper moaners & news these days doesn't exactly help. Bradford Positive Press will share good news stories from the district!
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Well it became quite difficult to remain positive on here. So I moved over to bsky.app/profile/kcleworth.b… where I'm hoping to resume the positivity in a less toxic environment! Give me a follow if you are migrating over.
Photo is unrelated but the caption is 'Be a Good Man'.
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I'm also keeping a blog for more long form articles and photos if that's your thing:
kcleworth.co.uk
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A great piece on Look North last night featuring talented Young musicians from Bradford performing on stage at the Alhambra with the @AladdinOnStage orchestra. – at Bradford, England
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Great article in August's @runnersworlduk about the The JogOn campaign, launched by Bradford's Neighbourhood Policing Team. It aims to make streets safer for female runners, encouraging the reporting of harassment and includes active bystander training. youtube.com/watch?v=JMSBJAxq…
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Took a 4 year old to the Dragon Boat Festival today... He wasn't right keen, scared they'd sink. But he was far more interested in the @IanBeesleyphoto exhibition at Salts Mill. He loved this photo of a bloke up a ladder and "The Illustrated Man". – at Gildersome, England
Find out how Bradford has influenced the work of New York based artist @BryonyElla
"The scent of cow parsley, towering green and white above her, still draws Bryony Ella back to her childhood in Bradford."
thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/insp…
⛰Embrace adrenaline in new #TheGreatOutdoors
⛺️Big mountain challenges
🧗Tackling Aonach Eagach the ‘wrong’ way
🇨🇭Rich Hartfield on Switzerland’s new Via Glaralpina
👟Keri Wallace: how to move faster in mountains
and more!
📸Eilir Davies-Hughes
Read on:
thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/late…
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Well that's a happy coincidence... I've recently started reading 'Fabulosa' by @_paulbaker_ My first introduction to Polari and I've been chewing people's ears off about how interesting a read it is! And then this event with @polarisalon pops up on my timeline! Perfect timing.
Polari Literary Salon
📅7 July
📍Bradford Playhouse
itsoninbradford.co.uk/editor…
@BradfordLitFest @polarisalon
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A ginkgo sapling from a Hiroshima survivor tree was planted at the University of Bradford to mark 50 years of Peace Studies. Symbolizing resilience and hope for a nuclear-free world, it features a plaque and QR code linking to its mother tree in Hiroshima.
bradford.ac.uk/news/archive/…
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Congratulation Guillaume Junior Atangana on qualifying for T11 - 400m the Paris @paralympics
Junior lives in Bingley & is part Bradford, Keighley and Skipton Disability Athletics Clubs (coached by Janet-Alison Arkwright)
He's also hoping to qualify in T11 - 100m.
Go Junior!
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It's official - BD: Festival is back💥
📅 Fri 26 & Sat 27 July 2024
Featuring an incredible line-up, join us to celebrate the summer at Bradford's iconic FREE family festival!
@visitBradford @bradford2025 #CityofCulture2025 #UKCityofCulture
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The original 1930’s boilers have inspired the newly created “Boiler Room Bar” which also utilises huge stone floor slabs. These were found during excavation and belonged to Whitaker’s Brewery which occupied the site prior to the building of the New Victoria. @HeritageFundNOR
Some more detailed info in @ArchitectsJrnal about the Bradford City Village ECF scheme - including plans on how the concrete from Kirkgate will be reformed & recycled. @5plusarch
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Calling all Primaries in Bradford. Become a Cultural Champion School! Cultural Champions is a FREE 6-part training programme for middle leaders delivered by the Royal Opera House. Applications close 7th June. For more info, see bit.ly/ROHCC24 @bradford2025
OTD in 1976, Richard Dunn took on Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight world championship! Ali retained his title but Dunn's determination left a lasting legacy. With the Park & Ride work starting soon it would be good to know what's happening to Grade II listed Richard Dunns!
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Super article about our exhibition Life Goes on by @IanBeesleyphoto in this months @AP_Magazine.
Thanks @peterdench for writing it! Life Goes On is open in Gallery 2, 10-5, Weds-Sun.
We're usually closed Mon & Tues but open this bank hol Mon May 27th & Tues 28th for half term.
I swear Bradford folk say the most unintentionally funny things. I've started keeping a note. Today someone in all seriousness said to me:
"Well who wants badgers on their land, right fair. They eat right through your house foundations." – at Bradford, England
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There is truth in it... But it was just the deadpan, mundane way it was delivered.
express.co.uk/news/uk/310469… – at Bradford, England
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This episode is on Sky Max tonight at 9pm. Nice to see lots of Bradford on TV at the moment. 📺👍@MrNishKumar @Josh_Widdicombe
📺 We had an amazing time on telly last night, hitting the high notes with Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe, talking all things Bradford Opera Festival! 🎭🎤 #BarberOfSeville #TVDebut
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We're excited to be hosting two events this year, the amazing annual 'Sacred Music', and this year we'll be welcoming @CorinneBRae for 'The Stories Behind The Songs'
You can find out about both events - and much more - at bradfordlitfest.co.uk/
The @BradfordLitFest programme is now live. bradfordlitfest.co.uk/events… Which events are you most looking forward to? For me it's @MMargolyes at St Georges Hall, @CorinneBRae at @Bfdcathedral and @IanBeesleyphoto at the festival hub.