Bob Melling
@bobmelling.bsky.social
Low Salience, Huddersfield
Loved the Axel Salto exhibition at the Hepworth.
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Loved the Axel Salto exhibition at the Hepworth.
Not convinced that the mansion tax will massively affect the total take from my home patch.
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Not convinced that the mansion tax will massively affect the total take from my home patch.
There is a bit of office space there, and they replaced some of the windows. But yeah a huge missed opportunity.
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
There is a bit of office space there, and they replaced some of the windows. But yeah a huge missed opportunity.
In this instance things are made difficult by a town centre where (gestures at everything) are listed but yeah there's a viable use case for parking plus large floor plate offices and the council has provided development loans previously to enable this stuff.
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In this instance things are made difficult by a town centre where (gestures at everything) are listed but yeah there's a viable use case for parking plus large floor plate offices and the council has provided development loans previously to enable this stuff.
Yeah, our council keep pushing for a 2nd entrance/trying to encourage the owner to develop the old goods warehouse by using the bottom floors for parking (to pay for the development of the other floors). The owner seems pretty happy with another 30+ years of dereliction.
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Yeah, our council keep pushing for a 2nd entrance/trying to encourage the owner to develop the old goods warehouse by using the bottom floors for parking (to pay for the development of the other floors). The owner seems pretty happy with another 30+ years of dereliction.
Huddersfield corporation bought the station building and forecourt from BR for about £805k in today's money. Renting it back plus car park charges covered the cost of the debt.
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Huddersfield corporation bought the station building and forecourt from BR for about £805k in today's money. Renting it back plus car park charges covered the cost of the debt.
Is that a good thing?
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Is that a good thing?
WH Smiths Halifax, 1989
I'd just finished my first Saturday job shift at a butcher's in the market, smelt of dried blood.
Bought at the same time, I thought the FotN single was the better of the two.
I'd just finished my first Saturday job shift at a butcher's in the market, smelt of dried blood.
Bought at the same time, I thought the FotN single was the better of the two.
November 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
WH Smiths Halifax, 1989
I'd just finished my first Saturday job shift at a butcher's in the market, smelt of dried blood.
Bought at the same time, I thought the FotN single was the better of the two.
I'd just finished my first Saturday job shift at a butcher's in the market, smelt of dried blood.
Bought at the same time, I thought the FotN single was the better of the two.
Knew I had this kicking around somewhere.
October 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Knew I had this kicking around somewhere.
Wonder if Osset are going to continue with their "hideously ugly neon sign fuckery" theme that so improved the Riverhead tap.
October 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Wonder if Osset are going to continue with their "hideously ugly neon sign fuckery" theme that so improved the Riverhead tap.
That's OK but it isn't this.
October 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
That's OK but it isn't this.
TBH the thing I couldn't get over in that piece was the writer (or sub) apparently mixing up paramilitaries and paratroopers.
October 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
TBH the thing I couldn't get over in that piece was the writer (or sub) apparently mixing up paramilitaries and paratroopers.
What's going on here though?
October 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
What's going on here though?
Shocked to discover that Huddersfield's shopping catchment area is Huddersfield (as defined in Redcliffe-Maud).
October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Shocked to discover that Huddersfield's shopping catchment area is Huddersfield (as defined in Redcliffe-Maud).
Remind me again how listing preserves buildings.
October 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Remind me again how listing preserves buildings.
You could look at this fine scale genetic map of the UK and imagine it shows ancient kingdoms, or you could see an upland lowland divide where lack of immigration to poor upland areas resulted in lower genetic mixing. What you can't see is a sound basis for governance.
October 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
You could look at this fine scale genetic map of the UK and imagine it shows ancient kingdoms, or you could see an upland lowland divide where lack of immigration to poor upland areas resulted in lower genetic mixing. What you can't see is a sound basis for governance.
Huddersfield railway station's new temporary layout until 2027 lines left to right Leeds and York, Manchester, and Sheffield.
September 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Huddersfield railway station's new temporary layout until 2027 lines left to right Leeds and York, Manchester, and Sheffield.
From @stephenkb.bsky.social this morning. Beyond the practical obstacles to Burnham becoming leader, what is it in his political record that makes anyone think he would choose the painful but honest path back to growth and improved services?
September 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
From @stephenkb.bsky.social this morning. Beyond the practical obstacles to Burnham becoming leader, what is it in his political record that makes anyone think he would choose the painful but honest path back to growth and improved services?
Definitely autumn then?
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Definitely autumn then?
Good that brownfield sites are a "constantly renewing resource". I don't expect we need any commercial, retail or manufacturing sites to generate wages and taxes to pay for all this work, so they won't be displaced on to Greenfield sites.
September 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Good that brownfield sites are a "constantly renewing resource". I don't expect we need any commercial, retail or manufacturing sites to generate wages and taxes to pay for all this work, so they won't be displaced on to Greenfield sites.