| 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | HOME |
| Architecture | Owens Buildings, Barry Street
(8/4) Fairweather Green Transport Depot {1932} Bradford & Leeds Light Railway St Bedes Grammar School (12/6) |
Cartwright Hall foundation stone (24/5) Midland Bank, Market Street [circa] Primitive Methodist Chapel, Harecroft Parkinsons Buildings, Preston Street/Thornton Road |
| Events | Baildon Moor purchased by council Local authority housing - first in UK Motor bus service commenced Provision of nurseries |
Mayor - WC Lupton Yorkshire Sports (8/9) Leeds - County Arcade Typhoid epidemic feared |
| National | Labour Party created Swansea City FC formed |
Brighton & Hove FC formed as professional club West Ham Utd FC formed as professional club |
| International | Relief of Mafeking (17/5) Tonga Islands become British Protectorate |
Boxer Revolution - China |
| Sport | FA - Bury (Southampton) |
1st - Aston Villa (Sheffield United) Olympic Games (2nd) - Paris |
| Firsts | Coca Cola on sale in UK Trial flight of Zeppelin Metro underground railway in Paris |
Motor hearse, New York Knossos discovered on Crete - Arthur Evans Davis Cup competition |
| Arts/Media | Daily Express Tosca - Giacomo Puccini Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad |
Interpretation of Dreams - Sigmund Freud Finlandia - Jean Sibelius Uncle Vanya - Anton Chekhov |
| Products | Kodak Brownie Box camera |
1901
| Architecture | New Beehive Inn, Westgate Electricity Works foundation stone (13/9) Castle Blaney Buildings, Barry Street |
Lidget Green Transport Depot {1901} Duckworth Lane Transport Depot {1977} Century Buildings, Sunbridge Road |
| Events | Population 228,628 Yorkshire Daily Observer (was Bfd Observer) Great Yorkshire Show - Dudley Hill Jowett (Benjamin & William) opened cycle shop Heaton Rec. presented to Council by Lord Rosse |
Mayor - WC Lupton Wilsden population 3,067 Bradford & West Bowling co-op merge (16/7) Smallpox in Bradford Idle Working Mens Club founded |
| National | Queen Victoria died (22/1) Leyton Orient FC turned professional |
King Edward VII (until 1910) Northampton Town FC turned professional |
| International | USA - William McKinley (died in office) USA - Theodore Roosevelt Presidential mansion renamed "The White House" |
Commonwealth of Australia Boxer Rising ends |
| Sport | FA - Tottenham (Sheffield United) | 1st - Liverpool (Sunderland) |
| Firsts | Vacuum cleaner patented - Hubert Cecil Booth Car production in Detroit - Oldsmobile Petrol engined motorcycle in Britain |
Victor Talking Machine Co - Eldridge Johnson Transatlantic radio transmission - Marconi Instant coffee |
| Arts/Media | O Sole Mio - Eduardo di Capua | Kim - Rudyard Kipling |
| Products | Rowntree's Table Jellies |
1902
| Architecture | Conditioning House, Canal Road (23/12) Behren's Warehouse, Chapel Street [LG] Merchants House, Peckover Street [LG] Rawson Market extension foundation stone Eastbrook Hall memorial stone |
Thornbury Transport Depot Bowling Junction station (1/2) {1951} Wesleyan Chapel, Westgate Hill New operating theatre at Royal Infirmary New isolation ward at Childrens Hospital |
| Events | Fire station opened (28/10) Smallpox epedemic 91 schools in Bradford Frizinghall to Shipley tram service (29/4) Freeman - Sir Francis Sharp Powell Pantomime (Red Riding Hood) at Princes Theatre |
Mayor - David Wade Freeman - Sir Francis Sharp Powell (24/10) Freeman - Alfred Illingworth (24/10) Bus queue barriers Tramways Company transferred to Corporation Allerton tram service (5/6) |
| National | PM - Arthur Balfour - Con {1905} Newton Heath changed name to Manchester Utd |
Education Act Chester FC turned professional |
| International | Boer War ended (31/5) | |
| Sport | FA - Sheffield United (Southampton) | 1st - Sunderland (Everton) |
| Firsts | Teddy Bears - Theodore Roosevelt | |
| Arts/Media | Waterloo Bridge - Charles Monet Hound of the Baskervilles- Arthur Conan Doyle Three Sisters - Anton Chekhov |
The Entertainer - Scott Joplin Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling Times Literary Supplement |
| Products | Marmite |
1903
| Architecture | 193 Sunbridge Road [19DB03] 3? Bowland Street Bradford Central Baths memorial stone |
Green lane school (5/1) Salt statue, Saltaire Park (4/11) "City Tyres", Thornton Road |
| Events | "Whit" walk - Ivegate to York Education transferred to Local Authority Chamber of Trades formed (13/1) Cannon Mills fire (15/3) Listerhills Dyeworks fire Further outbreaks of smallpox Bradford City first game in football league Bradford League - Cricket forme |
Mayor - David Wade Bradford City elected to 2nd Division Esholt sewage scheme adopted Nab Wood to Thackley tram service (23/7) Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Thornbury Last horse tram (1/9) Bradford City Manager - Robert Campbell {1905} |
| National | Plymouth Argyle FC turned professional | |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Bury (Derby County) | 1st - The Wednesday (Aston Villa) |
| Firsts | Wright brothers first flight (17/12) Gillette razors and blades [USA] |
Harley Davison motorbike Tour de France |
| Arts/Media | Daily Mirror | Man and Superman - George Bernard Shaw |
| Products | Crayola crayons |
1904
| Architecture | Eastbrook Hall (21/3) {1986} Cartwright Hall (13/4) - Prince of Wales Queen Victoria statue (4/5) Keighley Public Library |
Edmund Cartwright statue Saltaire Tram Shed {trams 1939} {buses 1978} Rawson Market |
| Events | Bradford Exhibition (4/5) Royal visit - Prince of Wales [King George V] Art College formed Diarrhoea outbreak - 23 dead Richard Mawson (architect) died |
Mayor - WE Briggs Priestley Last horse drawn bus First bus stops Angram Reservoir - building commences Bradford City 10 (D2) |
| National | Carlisle United FC formed as professional club Hull City FC formed |
Exeter City FC formed Scunthorpe United FC formed |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Manchester City (Bolton) |
1st - The Wednesday (Manchester City) Olympic Games (3rd) - St Louis, USA |
| Firsts | Portable vacuum cleaner (Booth/Goblin) Double sided records - Odeon, Germany |
Thermos vacuum flask [Germany] Tea Bag - Thomas Sullivan, USA |
| Arts/Media | Madame Butterfly - Giacomo Puccini | The Golden Bowl - Henry James |
| Products | Vim scouring powder | Ovaltine |
1905
| Architecture | Town Hall extension foundation stone (28/7) School of Art (27/9) Central Baths (Windsor), Morley Street Union Infirmary Hospital (St Lukes) "Express Dairy", City Road |
Jaykam House, 63 East Parade [LG] Allerton Library (8/7) Bowling Transport Depot {1977} Grange School (27/9) |
| Events | Henry Irving died (13/10) Smallpox outbreak Winston Churchill at St Georges Hall |
Mayor - WA Whitehead First bus timetable issued Bradford City Manager - Peter O'Rourke {1921} Bradford City 8 (D2) |
| National | PM - Henry Campbell Bannerman - Lib {1908} Chelsea FC formed as a professional club Hull City FC turned professional Norwich City FC formed as a professional club Shrewsbury Town FC turned professional |
Charlton Athletic FC formed Crystal Palace FC formed as a professional club Mansfield Town FC formed as a professional club Rotherham United FC turned professional |
| International | USA - Theodore Roosevelt Mutiny on tthe battleship Potemkin |
Jules Vernes died |
| Sport | FA - Aston Villa (Newcastle United) | 1st - Newcastle United (Everton) |
| Firsts | Theory of Relativity - Albert Einstein Neon signs |
Cellophane - Edwin Brandenberger |
| Arts/Media | Kipps - HG Wells | The Merry Wido - Franz Lehar |
| Products | Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate |
1906
| Architecture | Bowland Street Synagogue (24/6) | |
| Events | Samuel Cunliffe Lister died Royal Infirmary purchased by Council for £100,000 Black Dyke Mills band tour USA Jowett built first motor car - Grosvenor Road "Whit Walk" became circular |
Lord Mayor - JA Godwin Hot day - 101.2 at Lister Park Esholt estate purchased by Council Charlie Chaplin appears at Empire Theatre Bradford City 11 (D2) |
| National | Provision of Meals Act | Southend United FC formed as a professional club |
| International | San Francisco earthquake (18/4) | |
| Sport | FA - Everton (Newcastle United) | 1st - Liverpool (Preston) |
| Firsts | Speech transmitted by wireless - Fessenden Gabel's "Automatic Entertainer" - Jukebox |
Rugby International - England beat France (22/3) |
| Arts/Media | ||
| Products | Drambuie - liquer | WK Kellog Toasted Corn Flake Co - cereal |
1907
| Architecture | Thackley (Open Air) school Park Avenue cricket pavillion (9/11) |
Green Lane cooking depot (28/10) |
| Events | First school meals/milk in England (Green Lane) Park Avenue switched to soccer Esholt sewage works scheme is adopted Empire Stores (Herbert Fattorini) |
Lord Mayor - JE Fawcett Nidd Valley Railway (11/9) Church Bank tramway crash - 14 injured Bradford City 5 (D2) |
| National | Rochdale FC formed as a professional club | First female councillors elected |
| International | Oklahoma became a USA state (46th) | New Zealand becomes Domininion of |
| Sport | FA - Sheffield Wednesday (Everton) | 1st - Newcastle United (Bristol City) |
| Firsts | Photocopier marketed Electric washing machine - Hurley, USA |
Boy Scouts founded by Baden-Powell Professional Footballers Association |
| Arts/Media | ||
| Products |
1908
| Architecture | Skating rink - Rolarena (10/11) {1955} St Joseph's College (26/1) Thackley Open Air school |
Belle Vue school extension (10/12) Manningham Library foundation stone ? Longside lane |
| Events | First clinic in England (Manor Row) Bradford City - First Division (22/4) Meteorological instruments at Lister Park Manningham Lane - electric lights Driver charged with speeding - 12 to 16mph Bradford Park Avenue first league game Vic Feather born |
Lord Mayor - Sir James Hill Busbys founded - Kirkgate (moved 1930) Ickringill's Mill Disaster (25/9) Motor fire engine Arthur Poulter awarded the Victoria Cross Bradford City became limited company Bradford City 1P (D2) |
| National | PM - Herbert Asquith - Lib {1916} Darlington FC turned professional Hartlepool United formed as a professional club |
Coventry FC turned professional Exeter City FC turned professional Huddersfield Town formed as a professional club |
| International | Geronimo dies (17/2) | Crete becomes part of Greece |
| Sport | FA - Wolverhampton (Newcastle United) |
1st - Manchester United (Aston Villa) Olympic Games (4th) - London |
| Firsts | Lever filling fountain pen patented - Schaeffer Bureau of Investigation (FBI) founded in USA Paper cup introduced in USA |
Model T Ford announced Electric Iron introduced in USA |
| Arts/Media | Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame | |
| Products | Bournville Cocoa | Toblerone |
1909
| Architecture | Town Hall extension (28/9) Toller Lane skating rink (30/9) {?} Undercliffe Pavillion, Northcote Rd (10/4) {1922} |
Technical College extension foundation stone (5/11) Wesleyan Reform Church, Little Horton |
| Events | Bradford to Leeds tram service (7/6) Yorkshire Observer {1956} Sunday Observance Committee formed (10/9) |
Lord Mayor - William Land Cinderella Club home, Morecambe Thwaites station closed (1/7) Bradford City 18 (D1) - Avenue 16 (D2) |
| National | ||
| International | USA - William Howard Taft | |
| Sport | FA - Manchester United (Bristol City) | 1st - Newcastle United (Everton) |
| Firsts | Harris Tweed trademark registered Flight across the English Channel - Louis Bleriot |
Toilet paper (in roll) Bakelite - Leo Baekeland, USA |
| Arts/Media | Daily Sketch | Selfridges department store - first in Britain |
| Products | Persil , washing powder | Courvoisier, brandy |
| Architecture | 147-151 Sunbridge Road [c 1905-10] Labour Exchange opened (1/2) Bolton Road Cottage baths (28/4) |
New Canal Dock, Esholt (4/1) City Court opens? |
| Events | 1000th car registered in Bradford Winston Churchill visited (26/11) Picturedrome cinema , Bridge Street (21/3) {1956} Union Mills, Eccleshill destroyed by fire (21/7) Bradford Pageant Glen Tramway had 17,000 passengers at Easter |
Lord Mayor - Jacob Moser Freeman - Samuel Peel Myers (22/9) Wool Combers strike (5/3) 2000 roadside trees planted (16/3 -) Strike at Kit Wauds (30/3) Bradford City 7 (D1) - Avenue 10 (D2) |
| National | King George V {until 1936} King Edward VII died (6/5) Dr Crippen arrested (31/7) & convicted (22/10) |
FA Cup (2nd) presented to Lord Kinnaird Cardiff City FC turned professional |
| International | Mark Twain died | Union of South Africa becomes a Dominion |
| Sport | FA - Newcastle United (Barnsley) | 1st - Aston Villa (Liverpool) |
| Firsts | Neon lighting Five Nations Championship - Rugby Union |
Labour Exchange - England(1/2) |
| Arts/Media | History of Mr Polly - HG Wells | Firebird - Igor Stravinsky |
| Products | OXO cube | Heinz Tomato Soup [USA] |
1911
| Architecture | Technical College extension (25/10) Prince's Hall cinema, Shipley (24/6) Holmefield Buildings, Thornton Road |
Kings Hall cinema, White Abbey (20/2) {1930} United States Metallic Packing Co, Allerton Road |
| Events | Population 288,458 First trolley bus in England (24/6) {1972} Visit from Edward Sousa and his band (9/2) Chapel Street flooded after thunderstorm (3/8) Union Mills, Eccleshill destroyed by fire Theatre de Luxe cinema, Bridge St (14/1) {1923} Hippodrome cinema, Barkerend Rd (20/2) {1961) Bingley College founded FA Cup (3rd) made by Fattorinis (Birmingham) Samuel Ledgard Bus Company founded - Armley |
Lord Mayor - John Batt Moorhouse Towers Hall cinema, Manchester Rd (25/9) {1966} Eccleshill Picture Palace (2/10) {1931} Queens Hall cinema, Laisterdyke (23/10) {1957} Bradford City FA cup winners (25/4) Albion Mills, Greengates gutted by fire (10/3) Valley Road Dyeworks destroyed by fire (20/11) Explosions in Bradford Beck - 3 killed Bradford City 5 (D1) - Avenue 12 (D2) |
| National | George V coronation Halifax Town FC formed as a professional club Official Secrets Act |
Railway strike Copyright Act |
| International | Chinese Republic proclaimed Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre |
Roald Amundsen reaches South Pole (15/12) |
| Sport | FA - Bradford City (Newcastle United) - replay | 1st - Manchester United (Aston Villa) |
| Firsts | ||
| Arts/Media | Peter Pan - JM Barrie Alexander's Ragtime Band - Irving Berlin |
Der Rosenkavalier - Richard Strauss Keystone Cops - Stan Sennett |
| Products | Basildon Bond - notepaper |
1912
| Architecture | Grand Picture House (1/7) {1932} Elysian Palace, Lidget Green (16/9) {1955} "Ruby House", Dyson Street |
Tivoli Picture Hall, Leeds Road (23/9) {1956} Dudley Hill Picture Palace (9/12) {1967} |
| Events | Heavy snowdrifts (19/1) Labour Exchange opens in Bridge Street Grattan Warehouses (John Fattorini) Idle Picture Palace , The Green (12/1) {1959) Coliseum cinema, Toller Lane (21/10) {1959} Picture House, Town Hall Square (23/12) {1945} Municipal General Hospital becomes St Luke's |
Lord Mayor - Fred Foster Freeman - Rev William H Keeling (10/10) Freeman - Earl Haigh (26/1) Oak Lane Picture House (18/11) {1936}Thornton Mechanics cinema (10/12) {1958} Kozey Picture Hall, Thornbury (2/12) {1920} Bradford City 11 (D1) - Avenue 11 (D2) |
| National | Goalkeeper can only handle inside penalty area Scunthorpe United FC turned professional Tranmere Rovers FC turned professional |
Bournemouth FC turned professional Swansea City FC turned professional Wrexham FC turned professional |
| International | Titanic sank (15/4) Scott reaches the South Pole (18/1) |
New Mexico becomes 47th state Arizona becomes 48th state |
| Sport | FA - Barnsley (West Bromwich Albion) |
1st - Blackburn Rovers (Everton) Olympic Games (5th) - Stockholm, Sweden |
| Firsts | WA Sheaffer Pen Company founded British Board of Film Censors |
"Piltdown Man" discovered (forgery) |
| Arts/Media | Pravda {1996} | Daily Herald - newspaper{?} |
| Products | Daddie's Favourite - sauce |
1913
| Architecture | Grattan Warehouse, 67 East Parade [LG] Elite cinema, Toller Lane (1/8) {1968} |
Scala cinema, East parade (2/8) {1922} |
| Events | Coventry Hall cinema, Wakefield Rd (22/4){1959} Bradford tramway extended to Baliff Bridge (17/3) James Berry (Public Hangman) died Bradford Corporation Act |
Lord Mayor - John Arnold Bfd Moor golf course damaged by suffragettes First plane flew over Bradford (1/8) Child murdered in Newby Street Bradford City 13 (D1) - Avenue 13 (D2) |
| National | Soccer freekick - players must be 10 yards away | |
| International | USA - Woodrow Wilson | Mahatma Ghandi arrested in India |
| Sport | FA - Aston Villa (Sunderland) | 1st - Sunderland (Aston Villa) |
| Firsts | Crossword puzzle Federal Reserve Bank - USA |
PA system Rockefeller Foundation - USA |
| Arts/Media | The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw |
Sons and Lovers - DH Lawrence New Statesman - magazine |
| Products |
1914
| Architecture | Alhambra Theater (18/3) - Francis Laidler Ideal Picture House (19/2) {1930} Majestic/Picture House (2/4) {1956} Pavilion cinema (2/4) {1956} Plaza cinema (29/9) {1963} |
Victoria cinema (19/10) {1961} Essoldo ciinema (1/10) {1965} Empress cinema (22/10) {1956} Birch Lane cinema (12/11) {1959} Queens Hall |
| Events | Visit from Lord Baden Powell (6/6) Town Hall - new staircase opened (9/10) Winston Churchill at St Georges Hall Bradford Army Veterans Association formed (27/1) Fire at Northbrook Brewery, Manningham (27/2) 59 miles of tramway and 252 trams City centre flooded - £100,000 damage First "camp" school - Daisy Hill Alhambra - first performance (23/3) |
Lord Mayor - George Henry Robinson Olympic cinema (16/2) {1923} Oxford cinema (9/4) {1966} Low Moor cinema (14/9) {1957} One of first concrete buildings collapses (12/2) Explosion at Heckmondwyke (2/12) 1st Bradford Pals Battalion formed (20/9) First football "derby" game Bradford City 9 (D1) - Avenue 2P (D2) |
| National | Irish Home Rule Bill | Education (Provision of Meals) Act |
| International | Archduke Ferdinand of Hungary assassinated (28/6) World War 1 (4/8) |
Panama Canal opened (15/8) |
| Sport | FA - Burnley (Liverpool) | 1st - Blackburn Rovers (Aston Villa) |
| Firsts | Elastic Brassiere - Mary Phelps Jacob | Scheduled air service - Florida |
| Arts/Media | Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs | Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw |
| Products | Fry's Turkish Delight | Heinz Salad Cream |
1915
| Architecture | Textile Hall, Westgate | Sir Fred Hoyle born - Bingley |
| Events | Shipley cinema (20/12) {1932} Bolling Hall opened as museum (22/9) Military Hospital opened at Field House (24/2) Chapel Lane flooded (?/8) |
Lord Mayor - Thomas Howarth Manchester Road station closed (31/12) 2nd Bradford Pals Battalion formed Bradford Pals march to camp at Skipton (15/1) Bradford City 10 (D1) - Avenue 9 (D1) |
| National | SS Lusitania sunk by German submarines (1/5) | Lord Beaverbrook purchases the Daily Express |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Sheffield United (Chelsea) | 1st - Everton (Oldham Athletic) |
| Firsts | Womens Institute (WI) founded in Britain Albert Einstein - Theory of Relativity |
Pyrex Metal aircraft - Junker |
| Arts/Media | The Thirty Nine Steps - John Buchan | Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag |
| Products |
1916
| Architecture | St Lukes War Hospital extension | |
| Events | Low Moor explosion - 39 died (21/8) 500 painters and decorators on strike (18/4) Somme - Bradford Pals, only 323 of 2000 survive Donald Bell awarded the Victoria Cross Bill Chafer awarded the Victoria Cross George Sanders awarded the Victoria Cross |
Lord Mayor - Abram Peel Bradford Motor Volunteers public parade (5/2) Ramsay MacDonald visited (25/11) Telegraph moves to Observer offices Samuel Ingham awarded the Victoria Cross |
| National | PM - David Lloyd George - Coalition {1922} British Summer Time introduced |
Military Service Act - conscription National Savings movement launched |
| International | Battle of the Somme (1/7) - see above - Pals | |
| Sport | 6th Olympic Games (Berlin) cancelled | |
| Firsts | Coca Coca bottle | Military Tank (Battle of the Somme) |
| Arts/Media | Water Lilies - Claude Monet | Hobson's Choice - Harold Brighouse |
| Products |
1917
| Architecture | Baildon Picture House (5/2) {1960} | |
| Events | Municipal midwives (first in UK) Wool warehouseman dies of anthrax Union Street warehouse fire Bradford District Bank merged with Nat Pro Sunbeams - Princes Theatre (Robin Hood) Shipley Glen Railway up for sale - then withdrawn |
Lord Mayor - John Bland (died) - HH Tetley Yorkshire Observer cost 1.5d Bradford Daily Telegraph cost 1d Christopher Pratt and Sons fire Thomas Maufe awarded the Victoria Cross |
| National | USA declares war on Germany (6/4) | |
| International | USA - Theodore Roosevelt | Pulitzer Prize |
| Sport | ||
| Firsts | "Freezing" developed by Clarence Birdseye | Pulitzer Prize |
| Arts/Media | Isvestia | |
| Products | Aspro trade name registered | Ambrosia dried milk |
1918
| Architecture | Rugby Union ground, Lidget Green | |
| Events | Royal visit - King George V and Queen Mary Empire cinema (11/2) {1952} HR Jackson's founded in Manchester Road Horace Cannon awarded the George Cross |
Lord Mayor - J Hayhurst (died) - W Barber Tramway workers on strike for 4 days William Lupton died |
| National | Education Act (school leaving age raised to 14) | Women allowed to vote for first time |
| International | End of World War 1 (11/11) | Red Baron shot down and killed (21/4) |
| Sport | ||
| Firsts | Three Colour Traffic Lights - New York | |
| Arts/Media | Tarzan of the Apes - film | Tiger Rag - Original Dixieland Jazz Band |
| Products | Jelly Babies |
1919
| Architecture | Lyceum cinema (18/12) {1962} | |
| Events | Parish church became Cathedral (6/10) Betty's Cafe - Ilkley Northcliffe Woods given to Shipley UDC Vester Tilley final performance, Alhambra (29/11) |
Lord Mayor - William Wade Royds House presented to Wilsden HR Jackson - Glass and china Cliffe Mills, Great Horton damaged by fire |
| National | Yorkshire Miners strike ended (12/8) Leeds United FC formed |
Cambridge United FC formed "Two Minutes Silence" (11/11) |
| International | ||
| Sport | ||
| Firsts | Greyhound racing - California Motor scooter |
Helicopter flight Trans-Atlantic flight - Alcock & Brown |
| Arts/Media | New York Daily News | Just William - |
| Products |
| Architecture | Savoy cinema, Darley Street (29/3) {1939} Clayton/Rialto cinema (22/11) {1956} Richard Oastler statue moved to Rawson Square |
Forster school Gregory school Priestman school |
| Events | Double decker bus (3/11) Theatre Royal sold by auction (3/6) Eccleshill Memorial Clock (4/9) Saltaire Park given to Council by Sir James Roberts Nurses Home - Field House, Duckworth Lane Jowett Cars moved to Idle |
Lord Mayor - Anthony Gadie Kozey Picture Hall closed Outbreak of foxes at Thackley (22/5) Tram fares increase to 2d (1/10) St Luke's Hospital transferred to Council Bradford City 15 (D1) - Avenue 11 (D1) |
| National | Government of Ireland Act Charlton Athletic FC turned professional |
Leeds United FC turned professional |
| International | USA - Prohibition comes into force (16/1) | USA - Women allowed to vote |
| Sport | FA - Aston Villa (Huddersfield) |
1st - West Bromwich Albion (Burnley) Olympic Games (7th) - Antwerp, Belgium |
| Firsts | Radio broadcast | |
| Arts/Media | Story of Doctor Doolittle - Hugh Lofting | Sub-Machine gun - John T Thompson |
| Products | Band Aid [USA] | Smiths Potato Crisps |
1921
| Architecture | Marlboro cinema (28/11) {1962} Princeville Nursery school |
Map of Bradford |
| Events | Population 285,961 Theatre Royal opened as cinema (5/12) {1974} Minor earthquake Earl Haigh - Freedom of the City BRI - XRay equipment for cancer treatment Bradford City Manager - David Menzies {1926} |
Lord Mayor - Thomas Blythe Freeman - Sgt JW Robertshaw (13/9) Freeman - Sir James Hill (25/10) Women jurors at Quarter Sessions (7/1) Heatwave, temperatures of 130F (77F in shade) Bradford City 15 (D1) - Avenue 22R (D1) |
| National | Miners strike Torquay United FC turned professional |
Sunday postal deliveries ended "Chequers" donated to Prime Minister |
| International | USA - Warren G Harding (died in office) | |
| Sport | FA - Tottenham (Wolverhampton) | 1st - Burnley (Manchester City) |
| Firsts | HMV Upright vacuum cleaner (Booth/Goblin) Insulin injection for a diabetic |
Hoover trademark registered British Legion |
| Arts/Media | Women in Love - DH Lawrence |
The Kid - film (Charlie Chaplin The Sheik - film (Rudolph Valentino) |
| Products | Chanel No. 5 perfume (5/5) |
1922
| Architecture | Cenotaph/First World War memorial (1/7) Saltaire cinema (17/6) {1957} Tramway station - Forster Square |
Carlton cinema (23/9) {1962} Grange cinema (23/12) {1961} Park Road cinema (22/7) {1961} |
| Events | Bradford Canal closed VC awarded to Sgt Sam Meekosha (22/1) Undercliffe Pavillion blown down in gale Printers strike (11/8) |
Lord Mayor - Thomas Sowden Heatwave - 121F Scala cinema closed Bradford City 21R (D1) - Avenue 22R (D2) |
| National | PM - A Bonar Law - Con {1923} Irish Free State |
York City FC formed as a professional club Northern Ireland votes not to join Irish Free State |
| International | USA - Calvin Coolidge Tutankhamen tomb discovered - Howard Carter |
SS formed in Germany Mahatma Ghandi imprisoned for 6 years |
| Sport | FA - Huddersfield (Preston) | 1st - Liverpool (Tottenham) |
| Firsts | Football Pools (14/9) Blue salt packet added to Smiths crisps Marie Stopes birth control campaign - London |
Austin Seven (21/7) {1939} Walls Ice Cream BBC broadcast - 2LO |
| Arts/Media | Readers Digest magazine | Velveteen Rabbit - Margery Williams Bianco |
| Products |
1923
| Architecture | Esholt Tunnel completed Coronet cinema (2/7) {1958} Park Road cinema (22/7) {1961} Tennyson cinema (15/10) {1961} |
Blind Workshop, Frizinghall (7/2) - Earl of Onslow Daisy Hill school Hall Ings experimental rubber road setts laid (23/10) Bridge over Thornton Rd - Prince of Wales (30/5) |
| Events | Council staff (200) on strike (20/4) Theatre de Luxe cinema closed (16/6) Record billiard break by Wilkie Smith (6/2) Northcliffe woods bandstand Royal visit - Prince of Wales [King Edward VIII] Mill fire (2/8) |
Lord Mayor - Herbert M Trotter Olympic cinema closed (20/1) Tree planting, Lady Hill park (20/1) International Theatre Exhibition (4/6) Bradford to Dick Hudson walk Bradford City 15 (D2) - Avenue 2 (D3) |
| National | PM - Stanley Baldwin - Con {1929} | Peterborough United FC formed |
| International | USSR | Japanes earthquake destroys Yohohama |
| Sport | FA - Bolton (West Ham United) - Wembley | 1st - Liverpool (Sunderland) |
| Firsts | Cotton Club, Harlem, New York | Supermarket, San Francisco |
| Arts/Media | Radio Times (28/9) | Time magazine |
| Products | Mars Bar [Milky Way in USA] | Cadbury's Creme Eggs |
1924
| Architecture | 24 Sunbridge Road [datestone] - see 1880 | St William (RC) church |
| Events | Zetland Mills, Wharfe St floor collapsed - 4 died Low Moor Disaster memorial, Scholemore (24/3) |
Lord Mayor - JH Palin Market St station became Forster Square (2/6) Bradford City 18 (D2) - Avenue 5 (D3) |
| National | British Empire Exhibtion, Wembley | Goal could be scored direct from a corner kick |
| International | J Edgar Hoover appointed as head of the FBI | |
| Sport | FA - Newcastle United (Aston Villa) |
1st - Huddersfield (Cardiff City) Olympic Games (8th) - Paris |
| Firsts | IBM (was Computing- Tabulating-Recording Co) Winter Olympics - Chamonix, France |
Ancient Monuments Society |
| Arts/Media | Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin Alice's Wonderland - Walt Disney cartoon (1st) |
A Passage to India - EM Forster |
| Products | Newcastle Brown Ale | Anchor butter - prepacked |
1925
| Architecture | Trades Hall, Sunbridge Road | |
| Events | Bradford Corporation Act (Bus Bill) Great Yorkshire Show, Woodhall, Thornbury Horse cabs cease to operate |
Lord Mayor - Joseph Stringer Bradford Daily Telegraph move to Hall Ings (30/9) Bradford City 16 (D2) - Avenue 5 (D3) |
| National | Soccer offside law changed to 2 players (not 3) | |
| International | USA - Calvin Coolidge | |
| Sport | FA - Sheffield United (Cardiff) | 1st - Huddersfield (West Bromwich Albion) |
| Firsts | Western Electric - recording system Charleston - dance |
"Eros" - Shaftesbury Memorial - Piccadilly
Square Frozen cooked food - Clarence Birdseye |
| Arts/Media | Mein Kampf (Volume 1) - Adolph Hitler Carry on Jeeves - PG Wodehouse The Battleship Potemkin - film |
Songs of Praise The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald The Gold Rush - filn (Charlie Chaplin) |
| Products | Sherbert Fountain |
1926
| Architecture | Lloyds Bank, Hustlergate Masonic Temple, Manningham Lane fnd stone |
Midland Bank, Market Street |
| Events | Bradford Telegraph & Argus {1947} Bingley Town Hall - was Myrtle Grove Motor bus service (13/5) Train crash at LNER station Scala cinema becomes St Mary's Church Hall |
Lord Mayor - Richard Johnson Freeman - Frederick Priestman (14/9) St Georges Hall cinema (1/4) {1949} Wyke cinema (4/9) {1931/1959} Bradford City Manager - Colin Veitch {1928} Bradford City 16 (D2) - Avenue 2 (D3) |
| National | General Strike (4/5) Voting age for women changed from 30 to 21 |
Agatha Christie disappears |
| International | Rudolf Valentino died (23/8) | Claude Monet died - Germany (5/12) |
| Sport | FA - Bolton (Manchester City) | 1st - Huddersfield (Arsenal) |
| Firsts | British Grand Prix - Brooklands Waterproof sandpaper (3M) Electric chair - USA (6/8) |
Greyhound racing - Belle Vue Traffic lights - Piccadilly Circus (3/8) |
| Arts/Media | Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne | |
| Products |
1927
| Architecture | Greenfield Greyhound stadium (8/10) {1969} | Theatre de Luxe cinema demolished |
| Events | Brown Muff Co - January sale - coats 30s Decision made to build Britannia House Electric street lighting extended White Abbey slum clearance begins Butterfield Signs - Harry Butterfield |
Lord Mayor - Michael Conway St Georges Hall damaged by fire Scotland Yard purchases fleet of Jowett cars Bradford City 22R (D2) - Avenue 3 (D3) |
| National | ||
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Cardiff (Arsenal) | 1st - Newcastle United (Huddersfield) |
| Firsts | BBC formed (1/1) | Plastic toothbrush (Addis/Wisdom) |
| Arts/Media | Jazz Singer - first talkie movie | |
| Products | Thorntons chocolate |
1928
| Architecture | Ye Olde Crowne, Ivegate - rebuilt Olympia (public hall), Thornton Road {?} Electricity Works extension |
Greengates cinema (4/10) {1959} Connaught Rooms, Manningham Lane |
| Events | Duble-decker motorbus Bradford City Transport moved to Bolton Road Royal visit - Duke of York [King George VI] Textile trade makes heavy losses |
Lord Mayor - Herbert Thornton Pullan St Ives purchased by Bingley Council Cost to London on train 10s (50p) Bradford City Manager - Peter O'Rourke {1930} Bradford City 6 (D3) - Avenue 1P (D3) |
| National | Thomas Hardy died | |
| International | Graf Zeppelin transatlantic flight | |
| Sport | FA - Blackburn Rovers (Huddersfield) | 1st - Everton (Huddersfield) |
| Firsts | Heinz started to manufacture in the UK | RCA and Victor merged |
| Arts/Media | The House at Pooh Corner - AA Milne | Steamboat Willie (Mickey Mouse) - Walt Disney |
| Products | Brylcreem | Elastoplast |
1929
| Architecture | Civic Playhouse Regal cinema (7/1) {1966} |
St Columba's school BRI patients block foundation stone |
| Events | First "talkie" film - The Singing Fool, Savoy Design competition for Britannia House Marks & Spencer, Darley Street [Jacksons] |
Lord Mayor - Argus Hardy Rhodes Royal visit - Prince of Wales [King Edward VIII] T&A Nignog childrens club Bradford City 1P (D3) - Avenue 3 (D2) |
| National | PM - J Ramsay MacDonald - Lab {1931} | St Valentine's Day Massacre (14/2) |
| International | USA - Herbert Hoover | |
| Sport | FA - Bolton (Portsmouth) | 1st - Sheffield Wednesday (Leicester City) |
| Firsts | Fyffes "blue label" introduced | |
| Arts/Media | Good Companions - JB Priestley | Showboat - musical - Jerome Kern |
| Products | Yo-Yo - name trademarked - Donald Duncan | Fry's Crunchie |
| Architecture | New Victoria/Gaumont/Odeon cinema
(22/9) Cosy cinema (4/6) {1961} Lido, Lister Park {1983/1991} "Duke of York Home" - BRI |
John Street Open Market James Street Fish Market Bierley school St Clare's school |
| Events | Clayton joined Bradford Busbys move to Manningham Lane CH Wood, photographers (11/10) Bradford Round Table established Textile strike - 8 weeks Leeds & Bradford Aerodrome (17/10) Bradford Gliding Club founded Pantomime (Mother Goose) at Alhambra - see 1902 |
Lord Mayor - Alfred Pickles Board of Guardians abolished Bradford Womens Cricket league Bradford Music Clib is founded Ideal Picture House closed (31/3) King's Hall cinema closed (30/9) Bradford City Manager - Jack Peart {1935} Bradford City 18 (D2) - Avenue 4 (D2) |
| National | Road Traffic Act | |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Arsenal (Huddersfield Town) WC - Uruguay (Argentina) - Uruguay |
1st - Sheffield Wednesday (Derby County) |
| Firsts | Robertson's Golly brooches | |
| Arts/Media | ||
| Products | Snickers/Marathon bar |
1931
| Architecture | Esholt Sewage Works John Street Market Bolling Girls school Wibsey school Leeds/Bradford aerodrome |
Ludlam Street Transport Depot Shipley Town Hall rebuilt St Theresa (RC) church Sacred Heart (RC) church |
| Events | Population 298,692 Bradford Historical Pageant - Peel Park (13/7) Imperial Wool Industries Fair, Olympia PDSA opens in Bradford Textile wages reduced by further 11% Harry Ramsdens- fish and chips |
Lord Mayor - George Walker Import duty of 50% on textiles helps industry Thackley station closed (2/2) Eccleshill station closed (2/2) Idle station closed (2/2) Shipley/Windhill station closed (2/2) Bradford City 10 (D2) - Avenue 6 (D2) |
| National | PM - J Ramsay Macdonald - Nat Gov {1935} | |
| International | Al Capone jailed | |
| Sport | FA - West Bromwich Albion (Birmingham City) | 1st -Arsenal (Aston Villa) |
| Firsts | Empire State Building (1/5) RCA inroduces 33 1/3 rpm records |
Stereo recording patented - Alan Blumlein |
| Arts/Media | ||
| Products | Bostik Quink ink |
Scrabble - Alfred M Butts Scotch Clear Tape [3M] |
1932
| Architecture | Legrams Lane Greyhound stadium {1965} Co-Op Assembly Hall, Southgate Glenroyal cinema, Shipley (5/9) {1962} |
Swain House school St Peter (RC) church |
| Events | Plans passed for Emporium, Sunbridge Road Bradford's debt is £68 per head of population Grand Picture House closed (30/4) |
Lord Mayor - John William Longley Freeman - Frederick Delius (23/7) Shipley cinema closed (31/8) Bradford City 7 (D2) - Avenue 6 (D2) |
| National | Wigan Athletic FC formed as a professional club | |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Newcastle United (Arsenal) | 1st - Everton (Arsenal) |
| Firsts | London Philharmonic Orchestra - Beecham | |
| Arts/Media | ||
| Products | Terry's All Gold | Terry's Chocolate Orange |
1933
| Architecture | Britannia House YMCA extension, Canal Road Bradford College extension (7/10) |
St Aidan (RC) church Butterfield Homes, Wilsden |
| Events | Royal visit - Prince of Wales [King Edward VIII] First traffic lights Bradford Property Trust purchases "Saltaire" Demolition work for construction of Broadway Pollards' Tobacconists, John/James Street {199?} |
Lord Mayor - Capt AW Brown Leeds - Civic Hall French aeroplane lands at Yeadon Aerodrome Bradford City 11 (D2) - Avenue 8 (D2) |
| National | Housing Act | Frederick Henry Royce died |
| International | USA - Franklin D Roosevelt | Prohibition repealed in USA |
| Sport | FA - Everton (Manchester City) | 1st - Arsenal (Aston Villa) |
| Firsts | ||
| Arts/Media | Shape of Things to Come - HG Wells | |
| Products | Black Magic chocolates | Ambrosia tinned Devon cream |
1934
| Architecture | Odsal Stadium Brown, Muff store extended |
Ideal Ballroom, Bankfoot {1964} Broadway |
| Events | Bradford Northern v Huddersfield Great Yorkshire Show Plans adopted to demolish 20,000 slum houses |
Lord Mayor - Walter Hodgson Freeman - George Edward Priestman (23/10) Frederick Delius died (10/6) Bradford City 6 (D2) - Avenue 5 (D2) |
| National | Hitler appointed president of Germany | Peterborough United FC turned professional |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Manchester City (Portsmouth) WC - Italy (Czechoslovakia) - Italy |
1st - Arsenal (Huddersfield) |
| Firsts | Queen Mary launched (26/9) Mersey Tunnel opened (18/7) |
Royal christmas broadcast (25/12) Wurlitzer,Rock-Ola,Seeburg jukeboxes |
| Arts/Media | ||
| Products | Gibbs SR - toothpaste |
1935
| Architecture | Police entrance opened in Town Hall Marks & Spencer, 16 Darley Street |
First Martyrs church, Height Lane |
| Events | Esholt joined Bradford Firework display in Peel Park |
Lord Mayor - Jonas Pearson Bradford City Manager - Dick Ray {1938} Bradford City 20 (D2) - Avenue 15 (D2) |
| National | PM - Stanley Baldwin - Nat Gov {1937} | Silver Jubilee of King George V |
| International | Elvis Presley born (8/1) | |
| Sport | FA - Sheffield Wednesday (West Brom) | 1st - Arsenal (Sunderland) |
| Firsts | Parking meter Masking tape (3M) |
Hawker Hurricane flight (6/11) |
| Arts/Media | Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs - Disney | |
| Products | Aero chocolate bar Trebor Mints Kodak Kodachrome colour film Monopoly - Parker Bros/Waddingtons |
Refreshers Brooke Bond Dividend Tea Milky Way chocolate bar |
1936
| Architecture | Co-Op Emporium [Sunwin House] WN Sharpe, Bingley Road Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane (7/6) |
Scar House Reservoir, Nidd Valley(7/9) First Martyrs church, Heights Lane Bradford Girls Grammar school |
| Events | Electricity Works fire (25/2) - power cut School leaving age raised to 15 Zeppelin Hindenburg flew over Bradford (22/5) |
Lord Mayor - George R Carter Bradford baseball team formed {1939} "Old" Bradford Infirmary closed Bradford City 12 (D2) - Avenue 16 (D2) |
| National | King Edward VIII {abdicated 1938} George V died (20/1) |
Crystal Palace fire - burnt down (30/11) Ipswich Town FC turned professional |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Arsenal (Sheffield United) | 1st - Sunderland (Derby County) |
| Firsts | BBC tv (2/11) Gatwick Airport (6/6) |
BASF/AEG tape recording of live concert |
| Arts/Media | ||
| Products | Dairy Box chocolates Quality Street sweets |
Robinson's Lemon Barley Water |
1937
| Architecture | Civic Playhouse (29/1) Old Infirmary - demolition commenced |
Oriental cinema, Oak Lane (25/1) {1958} |
| Events | Jukebox installed in Farmer Giles, Market Street David Hockney born |
Lord Mayor - Henry Hudson Bradford City 21R (D2) - Avenue 20 (D2) |
| National | PM - Neville Chamberlain - Con {1940} Colchester United FC formed as a professional club |
Edward VIII coronation |
| International | USA - Franklin D Roosevelt Zeppelin Hindenburg crashed in New York (6/5) |
Amelia Earhart disappeared |
| Sport | FA - Sunderland (Preston) | 1st - Manchester City (Charlton Athletic) |
| Firsts | 999 - emergency telephone number (1/7) Nylon patented |
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco |
| Arts/Media | ||
| Products | Smarties sweets Kit-Kat chocolate bar |
Ambrosia Creamed Rice - rice pudding Goblin Teasmade |
1938
| Architecture | Odeon cinema (17/12) {1969} | Bolling Road extended |
| Events | Valley Parade Midland Rd stand admission 1/- Jaffa oranges 1/- for 12 |
Lord Mayor - Tom J Robinson Bradford City Manager - Fred Westgarth {1943} Bradford City 14 (D3) - Avenue 7 (D2) |
| National | King George VI {1952} | |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Preston (Huddersfield) WC - Italy (Hungary) - France |
1st - Arsenal (Wolverhampton) |
| Firsts | Photocopier - Chester Carlson | |
| Arts/Media | Superman - Action Comics (30/6) | |
| Products |
1939
| Architecture | Ritz cinema, Broadway (8/5) {?} | Old Infirmary - chimney demolished (28/1) |
| Events | Population 287,500 (estimate) Last tram leaves Saltaire depot Greengates & Tong Street cottage baths closed John Dixon awarded the George Cross |
Lord Mayor - Meredith Farrar Titterington Savoy cinema closed (15/4) Bradford City 3 (D3) - Avenue 17 (D2) |
| National | Building Societies Act | |
| International | World War II (3/9) {1945} | |
| Sport | FA - Portsmouth (Wolverhampton) | 1st - Everton (Wolverhampton) |
| Firsts | Airfix company founded by Nicholas Cove | |
| Arts/Media | Dalesman - Yorkshire magazine Batman - Detective Comics |
ITMA (It's that man again) - Radio |
| Products | Nescafe coffee | Parker 51 pen |
| Architecture | Arcadian cinema (16/3) {1964} Linton Camp school (10/7) |
Bank Street (Exchange) Post Office (?/5) |
| Events | Air Raid - Rawson Market/Odeon bombed (31/8) Preparations to evacuate 8000 children |
Lord Mayor - William Illingworth Esholt station closed (28/10) George Formby appears at the Alhambra |
| National | PM - Winston Churchill - Coalition {1945} | |
| International | ||
| Sport | ||
| Firsts | ||
| Arts/Media | Captain Marvel | |
| Products |
1941
| Architecture | ||
| Events | Air Raid - Lingards bombed | Lord Mayor - LFWS Smith Connaught Rooms fire |
| National | ||
| International | USA - Franklin D Roosevelt | |
| Sport | ||
| Firsts | Television commercial, WBNT, New York (1/7) | |
| Arts/Media | ||
| Products |
1942
| Architecture | Jowett Car Factory {ceased production 1953} | |
| Events | Royal visit - King George VI (26/3) First female taxi driver |
Lord Mayor - James Harrison Freeman - Joseph Stringer (5/11) |
| National | ||
| International | ||
| Sport | ||
| Firsts | ||
| Arts/Media | Famous Five - Enid Blyton | |
| Products |
1943
| Architecture | ||
| Events | Bradford City Manager - Robert Sharp {1946} John Dixon awarded the George Cross |
Lord Mayor - Walter Henry Barraclough |
| National | ||
| International | ||
| Sport | ||
| Firsts | Reflecting road studs laid (13/3) Ball point pen |
ABC Network (USA) |
| Arts/Media | ||
| Products | Slinky - Richard James |
1944
| Architecture | ||
| Events | New soccer stadium suggested |
Lord Mayor - Cecil Barnett Freeman - Lt Col Sir A Gadie (31/10) |
| National | Education Act | |
| International | D-Day landings (6/6) | |
| Sport | ||
| Firsts | ||
| Arts/Media | Le Monde | |
| Products | Murray Mints |
1945
| Architecture | ||
| Events | Picture House/Tatler closed (13/12) Lord Mayors Chain stolen from car in Leeds James Joseph awarded the Victoria Cross |
Lord Mayor - Kathleen Chambers Provincial Building Society (after merger) Odsal Stadium speedway |
| National | PM - Clement Atlee - Lab {1951} | |
| International | USA - Franklin D Roosevelt (died in office) USA - Harry S Truman |
VE Day (7/5) Adolf Hitler commits suicide (30/4) |
| Sport | ||
| Firsts | Tupperware on sale [USA] | Atomic Bomb, White Sands, New Mexico (16/7) |
| Arts/Media | Animal Farm - George Orwell | |
| Products |
1946
| Architecture | ||
| Events | Bradford City Manager - Jack Barker {1947} | Lord Mayor - Thomas Illingworth Clough |
| National | HG Wells died (13/8) | Cambridge United FC turned professional |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Derby County (Charlton) | |
| Firsts | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Beecham | Bikini - Fashion show, Paris |
| Arts/Media | Baby and Child Care - Spock | Mallory Towers - Enid Blyton |
| Products | Penguin biscuit |
1947
| Architecture | ||
| Events | Jowett Javelin City Centre flooded Rolarena re-opened after the war Electricity cuts because of weather (15/2) |
Lord Mayor - FJ Cowie Freeman - Sir Edward Victor Appleton (9/6) Telegraph & Argus Bradford City Manager - Jack Milburn {1948} Bradford City 5 (D3) - Avenue 16 (D2) |
| National | Elizabeth & Philip married (20/11) | Transport Act |
| International | Roswell Incident - UFO crashed? Henry Ford died |
Al Capone died (25/1) |
| Sport | FA - Charlton (Burnley) | 1st - Liverpool (Manchester United) |
| Firsts | Duty Free shop, Shannon airport | |
| Arts/Media | ||
| Products | Subboteo - football game |
1948
| Architecture | ||
| Events | Bradford Magic Circle formed by Hassan Moor Bradford City Manager - David Steele {1952} |
Lord Mayor - FJ Cowie Bradford City 14 (D3) - Avenue 14 (D2) |
| National | Railway nationalisation | |
| International | ||
| Sport | Manchester United (Blackpool) | 1st - Arsenal (Manchester United) |
| Firsts | Adidas founded (Germany) - Adi Dassler British supermarket - Coop Manor Park Ampex tape recorder |
Frisbee (Russell Frisbie Pie Co, CT, USA) Hoover washing machine Columbia 33 1/3 rpm microgroove LP |
| Arts/Media | Sooty - Blackpool North Pier | |
| Products | Walkers Crisps | Polo Mints |
1949
| Architecture | Bradford Grammar school, Keighley Road (12/1) | Blackhill Scout Camp, Cottingley |
| Events | Prize medal won by Hammonds Brewery (16/4) Picturedrome cinema changed name to Astra Royal visit - Duke of Edinburgh (12/1) Associated Dairies (ASDA) - see 1965 Tong St Cottage Baths reopened (5/8) |
Lord Mayor - G Thomas Meggison St Georges Hall cinema closed (12/3) Carlton Grammar school fire (30/11) Bradford City 22 (D3) - Avenue 17 (D2) Bank St car park closed for public meetings |
| National | Clothes rationing ends (1/2) | Oxford United FC turned professional |
| International | USA - Harry S Truman | |
| Sport | FA - Wolverhampton (Leicester) | 1st - Portsmouth (Manchester United) |
| Firsts | RCA 7" 45 rpm record | |
| Arts/Media | 1984 - George Orwell | |
| Products | Lego - Ole Chritiansen | Seabrook Crisps |
