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'''Hebden Bridge''' is a town in the [[Calderdale]] district of [[West Yorkshire]]. | '''Hebden Bridge''' is a town in the [[Calderdale]] district of [[West Yorkshire]]. | ||
==LGBT history== | |||
Hebden Bridge has attracted artists, and has developed a small New Age]] community. It became attractive in the 1980s and 1990s to [[lesbian]]s as a place of mutual support to bring up children.<ref>[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,529173,00.html "Lesbians the toast of the Two Ferrets"]. ''The Observer'', 29 July 2001.</ref> As of 2004 Hebden Bridge had the highest number of lesbians per head in the UK.<ref>[[Julie Bindel]], [https://www.theguardian.com/weekend/story/0,3605,1177708,00.html "Location, location, orientation", ''The Guardian'', 27 March 2004.</ref><ref>last=Robehmed|first= Sophie|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16962898 |title=Why is Hebden Bridge the lesbian capital?|work=[[BBC News]]|date= 9 February 2012|accessdate= 29 October 2014}}</ref> | |||
In April 2005, Hebden Bridge was named the fourth quirkiest place in the world by ''High Life'' (the [[British Airways]] flight magazine) and was described as "modern and stylish in an unconventional and stylish way".<ref>[http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/news/news05/17.html |title=Web News 2005: Hebden Bridge: 4th funkiest town in the World |publisher=Hebden Bridge |date=1 May 2005 |accessdate=17 September 2016}}</ref> | |||
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Hebden Bridge is a town in the Calderdale district of West Yorkshire.
LGBT history
Hebden Bridge has attracted artists, and has developed a small New Age]] community. It became attractive in the 1980s and 1990s to lesbians as a place of mutual support to bring up children.[1] As of 2004 Hebden Bridge had the highest number of lesbians per head in the UK.[2][3]
In April 2005, Hebden Bridge was named the fourth quirkiest place in the world by High Life (the British Airways flight magazine) and was described as "modern and stylish in an unconventional and stylish way".[4]
- ↑ "Lesbians the toast of the Two Ferrets". The Observer, 29 July 2001.
- ↑ Julie Bindel, [https://www.theguardian.com/weekend/story/0,3605,1177708,00.html "Location, location, orientation", The Guardian, 27 March 2004.
- ↑ last=Robehmed|first= Sophie|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16962898 |title=Why is Hebden Bridge the lesbian capital?|work=BBC News|date= 9 February 2012|accessdate= 29 October 2014}}
- ↑ [http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/news/news05/17.html |title=Web News 2005: Hebden Bridge: 4th funkiest town in the World |publisher=Hebden Bridge |date=1 May 2005 |accessdate=17 September 2016}}