1) Nothing good ever happens

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That's the Tour de France speeding through Ainley Top, by the way

Marsden Imbolc Fire Festival - The procession en route to Tunnel End.
Thousands of people go to Marsden Imbolc Fire Festival, where no doubt they are bored stiff, of course.
More than 100,000 people went to Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival 2015 last year, which as we know was a complete letdown. I didn't have a good time at all. Honest.

2) Everyone is boring

Marsden Cuckoo festival is SO dull.
Jake Mangel-Wurzel - I bet he never said an interesting thing in his life.
Wilf Lunn only invents boring things, like this model bicycle called the Worm Eater.

3) There's Town and the Giants, but that's it for sport

Tyrone Nurse is ONLY the British Super-Lightweight boxing champion.
Ashley Flynn has ONLY scored a record number of goals for AFC Emley.
Swimmer Jonathan Booth is competing for Paralympics GB at Rio 2016. So?
Bodybuilder Sonia Armitage might be one of the UK's best in the sport - but who couldn't do that?
Olympic cyclist Ed Clancy shows his bike to children at Shelley First School. They look so unimpressed.

4) Nobody thinks of others

Heartless rescuers use a boat to save an elderly man from the banks of the River Holme
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That's a volunteer caring for hedgehogs at Oggles rescue and rehabilitation.

Kind-hearted Dalton pupils with their gifts for homeless folk.
Kind-hearted Dalton pupils with gifts for homeless folk.
Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association plant trees at Butterley Reservoir in May
Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association plant trees at Butterley Reservoir.

5) It's run down, ugly and dirty

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Robyn Erin captured beautiful Meltham
Meltham in the snow by Robyn Erin.

Mark Mercer captured this stunning image of Emley Moor Mast, Castle Hill and Golcar Parish Church rising out of the early-morning fog

Sunset over Marsden Moor from Wessenden Head
Sunset over Marsden Moor from Wessenden Head

6) There's nothing to do

Astronomers gather at Huddersfield Observatory, Crosland Heath, for the Transit of Mercury. Astro photographer Gain Lee preparing his scope.

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How about a stroll along Huddersfield Narrow Canal? Picture: Robert Norbury

7) All the shops are rubbish

The Byram and Imperial arcades
The Byram and Imperial arcades
Success for Bolster Moor Farm Shop, l to r, Craig Rollinson, Simon Haigh, Andrew Whitwam and Luke Haigh.
Success for Bolster Moor Farm Shop, l to r, Craig Rollinson, Simon Haigh, Andrew Whitwam and Luke Haigh.
L to r, Carol Wood (shop manager) and Ange Dews (deputy manager) pictured with produce at the Green Valley Grocer in Slaithwaite
L to r, Carol Wood (shop manager) and Ange Dews (deputy manager) pictured with produce at the Green Valley Grocer in Slaithwaite

8) University students are a blight on the town

University of Huddersfield students Jessica Wainwright, George Gill and Marcus Lane, who painted the A62 underpass in Slaithwaite.
Huddersfield University students Amy Hill, Chloe Jones and Amy Lenton add their names to the Hands Off HRI petition as the Examiner Battle Bus arrives.
Huddersfield-born news anchor Nina Hossain speaks to journalism students at Huddersfield University

9) The arts scene is rubbish

Huddersfield Literature Festival host a night with comedian Ben Miller, at Huddersfield University.

Author Joanne Harris opens the new poetry trail in Beaumont Park. Joanne pictured with Colin Partington (5th right) creature of the poetry trail and organising committee.

Examiner's Chloe Glover joins Slick Stick Sambastic band rehearse in the Creative Arts Building, Huddersfield University.

10) The town centre is dead

Roxy Ball Room prepares to open in Zetland Street, Huddersfield.

Some of the special editions for Record Store Day at Vinyl Tap.

Cancer Bats play at The Parish

Eureka Machines play at The Parish

11) Different cultures don't mix

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Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, Sabahat Karim (centre) Nadeem Uddin and Tariq Mahmood (2nd right) along with youngsters, Jamal Mahmood and Adam Uddin present Christmas presents to the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary children's ward which were received by ward patient, Umar Saheed (centre left) and staff, Angela Hanson (left) Lola Duncan and Stacey Donaldson (right).
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, Sabahat Karim (centre) Nadeem Uddin and Tariq Mahmood (2nd right) along with youngsters, Jamal Mahmood and Adam Uddin present Christmas presents to the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary children's ward which were received by ward patient, Umar Saheed (centre left) and staff, Angela Hanson (left) Lola Duncan and Stacey Donaldson (right).

A united show by different faiths to condemn terrorist attacks

12) And decent food and drink? Forget it.

Magic Rock Brewery and Tap, Willow Business Park.

Huddersfield chef, Barrington Douglas with his new range of sauces which compliment his range of pork and chicken pies from his Discovery Bay restaurant on Wood Street, Huddersfield
Huddersfield chef, Barrington Douglas with his new range of sauces which compliment his range of pork and chicken pies from his Discovery Bay restaurant on Wood Street, Huddersfield

The Sportsman, St. John's Road, Huddersfield.

Examiner reporter Robert Sutcliffe dining at Pax, the upmarket burger restaurant in Lindley.

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