Im so glad everyone has such lovelys memories of Bradford
I've always been intrigued by the Blind House, which apparently started out as a chapel, but later was used for throwing driunks into whilst they slept it off.
Many years ago I read a book by Guy Underwood, which was about dowsing......he was a dowser and developed a theory that many ancient sites, came to be where they were, because of an underground earth force, which suggested a place of significance. His idea is a bit like feng shui.
He did much of his research in our part of England. Combining as it did landscape and neolithic archaeology, two of my passions, I attempted to teach myself dowsing, with no noticeable success.
He expanded teh theory, to include medieval church architecture, arguing that masons, knew of the earth force and pitched cathedrals and churches etc accordingly.
So according to Underwood the Blind House was built where it was, came about as a response to underlying earth forces.
There's a bit more to it than just this....he felt plants and animals could respond to the force, more so than us, although we're capable, we need to learn. I haven't as yet.
