Austria to ban full-face veil in public places

pigface OK?

Can you please please please finish it there......

I was born and brought up in Bradford.
In the later 40s, before the "creation" of Pakistan, there was an influx of "Indians" into the town to work in the woollen mills, They were "brought in",to do jobs that many Bradfordian males had done prior to their demise in foreign lands. They did not just happen to be passing by. They were  encouraged. Sadly they were not stopped when their original purpose had been achieved.
The city is now run by them. There have been several Lord Mayors and hundreds of councillors, and a continuous exodus of Yorkshire folk.  
Luckily I left town in the early '50s.I do go back to see friends who have sat through it and much of the city has changed radically (some of it for the better) but overall I think the city is basically a foreign town.

My cousin lives in Adel, Leeds and took Libby and I on a tour of Bradford (and other places) last summer.

It was rather interesting. I expected it to be much worse than it was. Some of the architecture was very appealing and the pavement shops reminded me of the Mumbai/Karachi districts in Birmingham.

catgate wrote:

I was born and brought up in Bradford.
In the later 40s, before the "creation" of Pakistan, there was an influx of "Indians" into the town to work in the woollen mills, They were "brought in",to do jobs that many Bradfordian males had done prior to their demise in foreign lands. They did not just happen to be passing by. They were  encouraged. Sadly they were not stopped when their original purpose had been achieved.
The city is now run by them. There have been several Lord Mayors and hundreds of councillors, and a continuous exodus of Yorkshire folk.  
Luckily I left town in the early '50s.I do go back to see friends who have sat through it and much of the city has changed radically (some of it for the better) but overall I think the city is basically a foreign town.

That is why they now call it Bradistan catgate. 

the govts of the passed that many brits couldn't even be bothered voting for or against did this to UK - good to see some renewed interest and energy where brexit is involved BUT is it all too late?

However in defense of the poor old 'lady' I do tell many ozzie friends that there are many very beautiful places that one can live in UK - just watch these sales pitch programs like "back to the country" . grand designs etc but there is one obstacle - money!

I could quite easily live in one of these many rural areas for 6mths of the year if I had the finances!

AlanHo wrote:

Can you please please please finish it there......

yep do a deal - drop the magazine articles and I'll drop the 50 pages more of the poem?? :cheers:

I have just dropped (the last) one at your request.

done! = where did you drop it by the way ?

What has any of this to do with banning face masks in public?

andsome wrote:

What has any of this to do with banning face masks in public?

topics do meander a bit andsome - you just have to go with the flow!

The flow being a white water torrent.

well Alan's glowing we're all flowing andsome where's ya goin??

davo wrote:

well Alan's glowing we're all flowing andsome where's ya goin??

Nowhere,I've already been and am back home now.

-pops- wrote:

Why do the women who wear this letterbox headgear wear so much makeup on their eyes?

I think it's because the makeup would be wasted on the rest of the face as no one can see it pops.