Bradford GD

[mostlyfoo]

Well the other day I bumped into this thread at random: Location of Golden Dawn's Horus Temple in Bradford, in which someone asks where it is, and someone else produces one of the best "Just google it" answers ever seen.

So I stuck the query into Google, this lead to this page The Desecrated Temple of Horus of the Golden Dawn in Bradford, which

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[mr_jez]

My old mate Mr X was raised in the Bradford area, and I'm sure he made mention of a search he made in his youth for the old Horus Temple, which must have been back in the late '80s.

Most of what crops up in your links fits with stuff I've read. I'm also under the impression that many G.D. neophytes in the North-West went to Bradford for their initiation rites, as it was the nearest temple. There are various records of folk travelling over from Liverpool for instance. I seem to recall that the Horus Temple also had strong masonic tendencies, and that it moved to a men-only policy at some point, but I can't say how reliable that info is.

Amusing to see some slow panning shots of the local branch of Games Workshop in the history video!

[mostlyfoo]

Interesting, are there any photos or paintings of the original GD temple spaces in other places?

Yeah the GW shop being just next to where this guy lived was a bit weird, but then I find GW shops are always so clean, shiny and plastic they look a bit stuck on to any highstreet older than 5 years.

[mr_jez]

You know, I don't think so. The original members wouldn't have recorded the details like that, and nowt really survives, as far as I know

[mostlyfoo]

Indeed the pillars are interesting, but then there are ways of making them solid and also moveable.

Shame really, could be interesting to see what a full scale GD temple would have looked like.

What about TOTO? I seem to recall they operated in rented places again, but they seem more likely to have pictures for internal use.