Halifax

Funny things I remember about good old Halifax…

• People from far away think you live in a bank or get you confused with some place in Canada.
• You get confused when Kings Cross the train station in London is mentioned.
• You didn’t know what Dean Clough was but knew it was something important.
• You mention Halifax to people and most will say that they’ve been to Eureka. Secretly you still love playing there no matter how old you are.
• Residents of Halifax always seem to always know someone who works at the main Halifax Building Society.
• At some point in your life, you’ve tried to a) run up the sloping concrete outside the main Halifax building (lol) and b) thought that if you went inside you’d be able to find Howard off the adverts.
• You whinge about there not being enough good shops in Halifax and that every other shop is a charity shop, bargain shop or empty. You’re still waiting for them to build a huge shopping complex somewhere.
• When you were little, going to Woolworths was the highlight of your week. When Woolworths closed it was like losing a very good friend.
• You find that the "Woolshops" don’t actually seem to sell any wool whatsoever.
• It may well be a historical place but you KNOW that the piece hall is full of outcasts and emos.
• You still remember the odd smell of the Westgate market.
• You always went to Shibden Park for a day out and secretly thought about jumping off the little train whilst it was still moving.
• The train station has been a collection of scaffolding for as long as you can remember.
• The huge Nestle Chocolate factory that you passed by every time you went in or out of the town.
• The building work at the Shay has been going on for forever and you’re still not sure if it’s finished yet.
• If by chance the Halifax town are playing well and you go to see em’, you get blasted by all the loyal fans.
• When in high school, you used to think it was cool to sneak into the annual fair at Saville Park
• Accents. You ignore the H in Halifax, pronounce Bradford as "Bratfed", have heated debates about whether it's Savile Park MORE or MOOOOER and get annoyed when southerners say “Sourbee” Bridge.
• At the end of the school day, you’d watch the kids from Exceley High school make their way back down into Siddal and it’d remind you of a pack of greenflies descending upon the town.
• If you went to The Brooksbank School, you were supposed to hate Rastrick high school, Trinity hated Kaddy high and so on.
• People were convinced that everyone who went to North Halifax or Crossleys was posh.
• You are scared of the word “Mixenden” and legged it if you heard someone went to the “Ridings”
• You would rather go to college in Huddersfield that stay on at your sixth form.
• You used to wait ages for your bus to turn up but there was always a 522 bus going past every minute.
• If you went to Brooksbank , you remember the 279 bus and all the shenanigans that went on. Plus the walk up Jubilee road to get home from school… it was a tough walk!
• You know what TJ Walsh is, lol.
• Gibbet Street was the asian bit of town and the call to prayer was the wakeup call for most people.
• Asian guys from Gibbet street, with their pimped out cars. Enough said.
• You only have to walk through town to realise that there are so many freaks in this place
• On Facebook, most of your friends from Halifax have Leeds as their network.

Final one...you find yourself complaining about Halifax all the bloody time… but then you miss it like crazy when you leave.