A tragedy which was to become a legend is recorded in this photograph, taken in 1912 at Brownbill's newsagents shop at 624 Manchester Road, Bradford, the day after the Titanic sank.

Standing at the door is, presumably, the man who is listed in the Post Office Bradford Directory for that year as the proprietor, Mr Edward E Brownbill.

He appears to have appreciated the significance of the event and made sure a photographer was on hand to record the way his business marked it.

The placards tell the story. "Titanic Sunk. Appalling Disaster. 1500 Lives Lost" (Yorkshire Observer); "Titanic Disaster: Graphic Stories" (Daily Dispatch); "Iceberg Rams World's Largest Liner" (Daily Mirror); "Titanic Disaster" (Daily Sketch); "Titanic: 1,683 Drowned" (Leeds Mercury).

For some reason the Bradford Argus had chosen to ignore it and announce instead that it contained the "Miners' Ballot Result". The Daily Mail, too, had failed to bill the disaster, boasting instead "Two extra pages of local news and local sport."

This photograph was among a bundle of documents that came into the possession of Ray Naylor, of Thackley. Mr Edward Brownbill was the uncle of Mr Naylor's son-in-law's father.