From the T&A...

25 years ago: More than 200 residents of Low Moor, Oakenshaw, Wyke and Odsal spoke out against controversial plans by Bradford Council to build an industrial estate on green belt land next to the M606.

50 years ago: Plans for Bradford’s new motorway were put before the district’s Town Planning and Highways Committee, with the first stage, from Oakenshaw to Rooley Lane, set for completion by 1970.