In 1871, Wilhelm of Prussia became the German emperor.
In 1911, in a sensational suicide, a patient jumped from a top-floor window at Bradford Infirmary.
In 1919, 27 nations convened the Peace Conference in Paris. Germany was not allowed to attend.
From the Telegraph & Argus of January 18th, 1978...
Bradford Wool Exchange, once the home of big money deals between West Yorkshire woollen merchants, is now playing host to a new breed of trader. Every Tuesday, antique dealers and bric-a-brac sellers from all over the north come to the historic building to set up stall at Bradford's Fleamarket.
From the Telegraph & Argus of January 18th, 1953...
Reference to what he called the "paranoic outbursts" of Lord Goddard, the Lord Chief Justice, was made by Mr. E.J. Parris, a Leeds barrister and prospective Labour candidate for Bradford North. He was speaking at a Bradford Central Division Labour Party meeting. Mr. Parris criticised the attitude to flogging taken by Lord Goddard.
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