25 years ago: Pupils in West Yorkshire schools, including those in Bradford, faced being sent home early as the biggest teachers’ union, the NUT, started industrial action for an across-the-board £1,200 pay rise.
50 years ago: More frequent bus services from Hall Ings in Bradford city centre to Holme Wood and Tyersal were planned to cater for a rising population in those areas.
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1952: King George VI died during the night at Sandringham, aged 56. His daughter, on safari in Africa at the time, succeeded as Elizabeth II.
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