The Devil's Own Blog From God's Own County

Anonymous sources have started this guide to some of the more high profile people, places and events in Bradford that may need translation for those less familiar with the dear old city. To submit your contribution for consideration click add child page below. Where I have editorialised due to the petty racism in the initial contribution this is in italics. The original version claimed to be an equal opportunity exercise in causing offense but it had a remarkable bias towards offending muslims which suggests a high level of TWC contribution, hopefully I have redressed that balance a little.

Every other factory town in England is a paradise in comparison to this hole. In Manchester the air lies like lead upon you; in Birmingham it is just as if you were sitting with your nose in a stove pipe; in Leeds you have to cough with the dust and the stink as if you had swallowed a pound of Cayenne pepper in one go - but you can put up with all that. In Bradford, however, you think you have been lodged with the devil incarnate. If anyone wants to feel how a poor sinner is tormented in Purgatory, let him travel to Bradford.

— George Weerth - a german on holiday writing to a german newspaper (1846)