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When folk flocked to Shipley Glen
Many thanks for your responses to my request for information about the 1940s photograph (above) of a crowd of people near a big hut on what looked like a bank holiday. Alan Whitrick reckons it was taken at the bottom of Shipley Glen Tramway, probably
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Fine designs are a cut above
Design students based in Bradford proved they are a cut above the rest yesterday at a prestigious textile competition. More than 500 entries were received from students at universities and colleges across Britain by the Bradford Textile Society, which
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Dinnertime dancing dates at the Mecca
"Do any T&A readers recall Friday dinnertimes' at the Mecca dance hall on Manningham Lane in the early 1960s?" asked Paul Rawlings, who thinks the noon-until-2pm session was billed as "Teen Beat". He writes: "At this time I was a pupil at Princeville
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Chocolate cafe was schoolgirl heaven...
Anyone remember the chocolate shop?" asked Sheila in an e-mail from Australia. Of course someone does. Jill Dewhirst says: "This was what we called the Cadbury's Chocolate Bar. It was in the triangular building at the bottom of Cheapside which had the
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Anger as killer driver's sentence cut
A distraught mother whose daughter and her unborn baby died in a horrific car smash has criticised a decision to cut the jail term of the man responsible. Marlene Easton's daughter Tracy was killed in the crash two days before Christmas in 2004. Tracy
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Palace for the police
SIR I made a special journey to view the new police headquarters in Nelson Street , left, and was delighted with what I saw. Compared to its glass counterpart the building is a palace. If this is a foretaste of constructions at Eastbrook Hall, Gate
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Charity request
SIR I work as an unpaid volunteer for a charity shop in Shipley and would like to thank the public for the many donations we receive. To help us raise the maximum amount for the charity, I would ask them to think about what they pack in the bags they
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So un-Christian
SIR It was the very wise and saintly Archbishop Desmond Tutu who once said, in relation to the appalling situation of apartheid in South Africa: "I do not understand which Bible people have been reading when they say that religion and politics do not
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Voices of protest
SIR It is significant that despite the British National Party having lost one seat in Bradford at the recent local elections, it would have won a further seven seats if it had polled a further 1,000 votes scattered among those wards. It may be argued
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The jewel that is losing its sparkle
SIR I recently visited Bolling Hall with my three young children and although we enjoyed it the interior was very nice and the staff very helpful I was extremely disappointed with the outside of the building and the grounds. There were two doors boarded
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Tip rules there for a reason
The huge amount of waste we generate and the problem of what to do with it is an increasingly pertinent one in our consumerist, throw-away society. Thankfully, most of us seem to have got the message that rubbish needs to be disposed of properly, and
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Time to listen
SIR It is all very well David Cameron praising local newspapers (T&A, May 8) and listening to the concerns of local people but why doesn't he practise what he preaches? He doesn't listen and stifles his MPs who do. Shipley has an excellent MP in Philip
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Rioter turned to selling hard drugs
A Bradford rioter who turned to peddling hard drugs has been jailed for three years. Zaheer Bashir, 27, became a significant local dealer, supplying heroin and crack cocaine, but was caught after the Bradford District Drugs Team mounted a series of operations
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Todd's frustrating wait
Colin Todd will demand a play-off place from City next season. The Bantams boss is a frustrated spectator as Huddersfield, Barnsley, Swansea and Brentford battle it out for the one remaining promotion spot. And before letting his squad disappear on
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McKenna hungry for return
Now he can actually eat again, broken jaw victim Chris McKenna is bidding to pile on the pounds. The crocked Aussie has targeted the showdown with Leeds in a fortnight's time for his return six weeks after suffering an horrific injury against the same
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City cooks up success
Bradford's reputation for superb ethnic cuisine has propelled the city to a prestigious national award. The city beat 15 other contenders to win the EthniCity 2006 award, further enhancing Bradford's appeal to diners. A team of four restaurants represented
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'Seatbelt would have saved life'
A lorry driver who died when his wagon toppled over would probably have lived if he had been wearing his seat belt, an inquest heard. Richard Passey was killed when he was thrown from his lorry as he tried to negotiate a roundabout on Rooley Lane, Bradford
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'Help us let people die with dignity'
A debate has erupted about controversial right-to-die legislation after it was blocked by peers last night. The Bill, which received its second reading in the Lords yesterday, has received support from a Bradford multiple sclerosis sufferer but was attacked
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Tip staff face rising threats
Extra staff and security have been brought in to council waste tips as workers face threats and abuse. Police were called to sites three times last month and there have been 90 violent incidents in 18 months at one site alone. Workers at the tips say
