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Keighley Picture House: Bradford’s Silver Screen Survivor
Keighley Picture House: Still a cinema, not a bingo hall By Cath Muldowney Opened in 1913, this fine example of ... -
Sharp, Dyson, Hoyle: Bradford’s Famous Trio of Astronomers
By Martin Greenwood What have a crater on the moon, the Greenwich pips and the term ‘Big bang’ got in ... -
A Profile of Yorkshire Abolitionist Richard Oastler
by Gavin Wakefield In the early stages of the Industrial Revolution in Yorkshire factories sprang up all over the West ... -
The Bradford Sweets Poisoning of 1858
By David Paul In 1858, some twenty people died and more than 200 became seriously ill as a result of ... -
The Industrial History of Bradford – Gallery
By Paul Chrystal Bradford, or at least the Bradford of the nineteenth and early to mid-twentieth centuries, was defined by ... -
A History of Bradford Buses
By Keith A. Jenkinson Transport first reached Bradford in the form of railways, with the Leeds & Bradford Railway opening ... -
Ripley Ville, Bradford – The Industrial Model Village
By Paul Chrystal The industrial model village grew out of the lamentable conditions in which workers were obliged to toil ... -
Little Germany, Bradford – A Short History
By George Sheeran The growth of textile warehouses in nineteenth-century Bradford is remarkable. This can be partly explained by a ... -
Manningham Mills, Bradford – A Short History
By George Sheeran There has been a mill on the site of Manningham Mills since 1838. However, the story of ... -
Collapse of Newland Mill Chimney in Bowling, Bradford
By Vivien Teasdale Most people now realise that Victorian mills were dangerous places. The huge machinery had few guards, children ... -
The Story of Titus Salt and Saltaire
Salts Mill in Saltaire, Bradford is an iconic Yorkshire building. Built by businessman and philanthropist Sir Titus Salt it has ... -
A Brief History of Bradford
By Alan Hall One of the problems that confronts me as the author of Bradford in 100 Dates is knowing what ...
