In 1881, D .H. Houston patented roll film for use in cameras.
In 1963, French singing star Edith Paif died aged 74.
In 1968, NASA launched Apollo 7, the first manned flight in its lunar landing programme.
From the Telegraph & Argus of October 11th, 1978...
Bradford still needs its Cinderella Club, chairman Ernest Saville said on television last night. While the abject poverty that spawned the club 80 years ago has vanished, there are still many children who benefit from a stay at the holiday home at Hest Bank, Morecambe, he said.
From the Telegraph & Argus of October 11th, 1953...
The singing room of the New Miller Dam Inn, in Thornton Road, Bradford was full of of fruit and vegetables, and instead of customers with glasses of beer in their hands, people singing hymns filled the room, because the landlord, Mr. Herbert Hollingworth, had invited the Rev. D. W. Quin, vicar of St. Michael's and All Angels in City Road, to hold his harvest festival there.
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