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From the Telegraph & Argus of December 27th, 1977...

The West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police Band entertained patients at the Bradford Royal Infirmary Maternity Unit, by playing carols over Christmas, whilst the Bradford Lions presented over £400 worth of toys to hospitals and children's homes in Bradford, and Bradford Grammar School choir presented a programme of carols at a lunch-time recital at the Library Theatre, Bradford.

From the Telegraph & Argus of December 27th, 1952...

NIGNOG NEWS: "You will all be busy now playing with your Christmas presents - if your fathers will let you! How fathers enjoy showing you how it works, if it happens to be a mechanical toy! It is surprising that no-one has thought of collecting mechanical toys as they collect other things - dolls for instance.