In 1896, the first motor car was driven in Bradford.
In 1914, Bradford welcomed 220 Belgian refugees.
In 1916, Woolcombing operatives in Bradford accepted night working for women without children.
From the Telegraph & Argus of October 15th, 1976...People who stick to one job or one interest can be very boring. Harvey Smith believes this...and he certainly tackles plenty of varied activities to keep himself out of a rut. He is in Bradford for a couple of days to launch his latest book - Harvey. Like his two other books this one is about his life as a show jumper and the show jumping business.
From the Telegraph & Argus of October 15th, 1951...Peter Brough, the stage and radio ventriloquist has still no news of Archie Andrews, his dummy, which vanished from a Leeds-bound train on Friday night. Archie, packed in a suitcase, was insured for £10,000. He had offered a reward of £1,000.
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