Well, well, well! A Tyke! One presumes you mean Leeds... but of course, I speak as a Derbyshire-born immigrant to Yorks. Been here 12 years now, and loving it. There are many Kirkgates. It means Church Street, and so to be specific, and to help any visitors our beautiful old towns and cities, here's a little tuition: The streets are called Gates, the gates are called Bars, and the bars are called pubs! Dam' right, Mev lad, you WERE lucky! Shoebox? Our'n were a wet paper bag wi't bottom aht on it! AND it wouldn't stay put in't same gutter. Eeee! when ah think on't, we 'ad a bloody caravan! We WERE lucky! WyoWoman, this Yorkshire dweller has been to Wyoming, and we could make ourselves understood with reasonable ease! We also managed the food, although the constant Coors and Michelob was somewhat of a culture shock! Still, we are quite adaptable, and the natives were extremely friendly. We like the place so much, we may go back one day.

mouldy