25 years ago: A shop window was smashed and shoppers terrorised as hundreds of schoolchildren went on the rampage in Bradford city centre, demonstrating against the proposed suspension of their school dinners because of the teachers’ strike.
50 years ago: A man was killed and six people injured in accidents during the weekend. It was the eighth road death in Bradford so far that year.
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1882: The first shipment of frozen meat left New Zealand for England.
1971: Britain changed over to decimal coinage on Decimal Day.
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