25 years ago: Governors of three Heckmondwike schools launched an attack on owners whose pets messed up playing fields.
50 years ago: For the third time in five days, firemen fighting a blaze in Bradford found the premises were broken into that same evening. Nothing was stolen from any of the buildings.
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1985: The Al-Fayed brothers won control of the House of Fraser Group to become owners of Harrods.
1988: The Bank of England pound note ceased to be legal tender at midnight, and was replaced by the pound coin.
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