In 1756, Scottish road builder John McAdam was born.

In 1903, the cinema's first western was released -- Kit Carson.

In 1926, Bradford waterworks' new filtration plant at Thornton was opened.

From the Telegraph & Argus of September 21, 1975...Dancer Jackie Williams, 14, is celebrating her most successful year. "I can't remember now when I started dancing," she said. "I did my first Royal Academy of Dancing exams when I was about seven," said the youngster who lives in St. Mark's Terrace, Low Moor.

From the Telegraph & Argus of September 21, 1950...

Bradford will be one of the areas in which mass trials of new anti-tuberculosis vaccines are to be carried out if a recommendation of the Corporation Health Committee is accepted. Dr V P McDonagh, said: "The trials will probably involve children leaving

secondary schools at 15 to start with."