The search is on for your fascinating facts about Bradford.
Last week the Telegraph & Argus reported that Bradford's Capital of Culture team was urging people to log onto its new website with unusual and little known facts about the district.
The fascinating facts will be highlighted on the website as part of the promotion of Bradford's bid.
People are being urged to go online with their own slices of Bradford trivia, and come up with ideas for ways of highlighting the district's cultural life, as part of the bid.
Special badges, bearing the Capital of Culture logo based on Bradford artist David Hockney's photographic montage One Landscape, Many Views, will be given to those who contribute to the website.
Not to be outdone, the T&A has come up with some weird and wonderful facts of its own. Here is a taster of some of the fascinating facts about Bradford that we will be bringing you as we count down to the bid over the coming weeks.
And remember - if you have any facts to reveal, visit the Capital of Culture website at Bradford2008.com
Today's Fascinating Fact:
When Bradford City played Halifax Town in a Football League Cup game in 1934, the City team was so depleted that a soldier from the crowd was pressed into playing. Halifax won 3-2.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article