Tales of the unexpected

I enjoyed a random kind of wander around Bradford recently, taking in the Cathedral and the area known as Little Germany. There, in the 1850s, wealthy and influential German wool merchants, attracted by the thriving textile industry in this area, built their offices and warehouses in an elaborate neoclassical style. Some of the buildings have now been converted for residential use and attempts have been made to preserve the area and attract arts-based organisations. At various times, street artworks have been added - both 'official' and 'unofficial'. 

You really wonder what you're going to find round the next corner - from the sculpture called 'Grandad's Clock and Chair' by Timothy Shutter (street furniture of the best kind!) to Samson in the temple of Dagon (I guess!)....

A nice googly-eyed door:

A portrait of Bradford born artist, David Hockney, made entirely of nails:

and, in the Cathedral, a tiny 'green man' in the stonework under the pulpit.