Things you would only know if you're from Halifax - chosen by readers

We asked our readers over on Facebook to name one thing you would only know if you're from Halifax.
Things you would only know if you're from Halifax  - chosen by readersThings you would only know if you're from Halifax  - chosen by readers
Things you would only know if you're from Halifax - chosen by readers

Here are a few of the best responses from our Facebook - thanks to everyone who responded.

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17 of Halifax's best bars, pubs and clubs according to readers

Many Facebook posters commented on Halifax's nightlife:

Jessica Oldroyd "That there's a nightclub that serves 75p drinks!"

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Amanda Foster "There’s a nightclub where you stick to the carpet"

Rachel Wilson "Coliseum/Maine street"

Lou Boon "Acca nightclub"

If you're from Calderdale you'll know that there are some towns and villages that people outside of the are just can't seem to pronounce correctly:

Adam Williams "How to say Sowerby properly"

Abby Barmby "That Barkisland isn’t pronounced Bark-island"

Thomas James Bridges "How to say luddendenfoot properly"

Gill Ingham "Or Mytholmroyd"

Clare Cook "or Sowerby Bridge"

Here are some of the other responses from that Facebook post:

Paul Conway "It’s starts and is pronounced with a capital “A” - “Alifax”"

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Katy Gee "That if you ask where some place is they tell you what used to be there so you’re still no better off"

Neil Roberts "When I first moved here I asked - on the phone - for the address of a council office. The person I spoke to started with "Well, do you know where the library used to be?""

Lynn Hemingway "The hand print at the entrance of the Piece Hall"

John Cole "Reason the Running man pub is so named"

Julie Mawson "Haligonian - Person from Halifax"

Julie Mcmurdo "Houses in the sky"

Stacey McLaughlin "Its not just name of a bank"

Susan Chesters "Crossleys carpets, Ramsden, whitickers, and Webster brewery's"

Kings Turkish barbers "Gibbet bottom of gibbet street"

Victoria King "Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing!"

Toni Lobb "Welly bob jim"

Amanda E Harrison "Cats eyes invented here!"

Kelly Whitehead "Mackintoshs now nestle"

Karen Debiase "Wainhouse tower"

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