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25 years ago: Plans for a new £54million factory by bathroom and kitchen company Spring Ram on a 50-acre site near Woodlands, Oakenshaw, were in doubt, after Bradford Council’s new Labour ruling group said it was unlikely to breach the authority’s green-belt policy.
50 years ago: A 49 year-old West Bowling man nearly died while gardening on Challis Grove, after a hidden mine shaft, thought to be more than 100 years old, collapsed under him, leaving a gaping hole 250ft deep.
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