25 years ago: After an angry Bradford meeting, about 20,000 textile workers of the Transport and General Workers’ Union were set to vote on industrial action for the first time in 50 years because of a “derisory” pay offer.
50 years ago: There were fears of an architectural tragedy as Georgian homes in Calverley, next door to the 800-year-old parish church, were to be demolished.
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