25 years ago: Family and friends rallied around to help mother-of-two Debra Scholes after a sneak thief had left her penniless days before Christmas. They gave her cash and goods to turn what had looked like being a bleak Christmas into one to remember.
50 years ago: The annual report of Bradford Youth Employment Committee recorded “some anxiety about the employment position for young people”. At the year end there were 57 vacancies for boys and 134 for girls, compared with 169 for boys and 326 for girls at the same date last year.
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