A CITY centre street has been taken back to the 1960s as filming for The Duke movie gets well underway.

Upper Piccadilly Street is now home to a tie shop called Wormells, the estate and business agents L.M Barnes and Hendlemans Milliners - a shop offering 'fashion forward ladies hats', cleaning services and custom designs.

Theatric legends Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent have been spotted shooting scenes in and around Bradford for their latest film on an art heist from the 1960s.

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The Duke, set in 1961, follows Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, who stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.  It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. 

Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly - he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television.

But only 50 years later did the full story emerge - Kempton had spun a web of lies.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

This is the second filming location in Bradford of the week as a number of white trucks were parked outside City Hall in Centenary Square.

Film fanatics got the chance to watch Jim Broadbent's character being thrown to the ground in an outdoor scene.

Meanwhile, in another scene, a bundle of nosy press photographers could be seen snapping a black vintage police van entering City Hall.

It is the latest in a long line of films and TV shows recorded in the Bradford district over the last couple of years including the Downton Abbey movie and the latest series of Peaky Blinders. 

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