West Yorkshire

We recently left behind the lonely Yorkshire Wolds for an excursion to the real prosperity and vibrancy of Leeds city centre; then on to the disturbingly declining Bradford - the city with a hole in the middle. At least you can get a splendidly fragrant curry there, while looking out of the window to where a policewoman was murdered.

It's possible to do remarkable things, like go shopping (the Primark scrum) and use public transport - such delights are not available in the wilds of rural North Yorkshire, where an escaped sheep will make the front page of the weekly local rag.


Picture taken in the centre of Leeds


LEEDS LIMERICK


There was a tall woman from Leeds
who flaunted her own special needs
- a different chap every night
and the scar of a passionate bite,
under streetlamps shining like beads