SIR – Having two railway stations both with great freight yards and fine hotels did not hinder Bradford from becoming the wool capital of the world, where at least three-fifths (it may have been more) of all the wool grown in the world was processed, making it the richest city in Europe in 1910.
Iain Morris, Caroline Street, Saltaire
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