Leeds, the city that nearly....
I've always been quite proud of the fact that I'm from Leeds. Leeds is famous for lots of things like, er..... well lots of things.
It's famous for trying to have what other cities have [and failing miserably]. In the 1980's it had the chance of a huge brick statue by designed by an unknown artist called Anthony Gormley. The City Council voted against and Mr Gormley went to Gateshead and made his Angel of the North statue out of steel instead.
Manchester got a new tram system and Leeds spent £4 million on bidding for government money. They failed.
Bradford and Manchester got big fancy museums, Leeds got the Royal Armories.
Manchester bid for, and won, the UK's first super casino. Leeds, despite being refused permission to bid, has again bid for a super casino.
And then, of course, there's football.....
posted by liits at 10:23 PM
2 Comments:
You have the wonderful Alan Bennet.
Our 'Urbis' is a bit of a Millenium Dome fiasco.
But he still has a place in Leeds -his parents place in the countryside.
OK I know Leeds isn't a patch on Manchester and don't mention footie - but it's - er - nice.
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