| 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) Bradford Golf House, Hawksworth (9/10) St Oswalds Buildings, 5 Southfield Lane |
Cartwright Hall foundation stone (24/5) Midland Bank, Market Street [circa] Primitive Methodist Chapel, Harecroft Parkinsons Buildings, Preston Street/Thornton Road Undercliffe Infants School Wexford Buildings, Saltaire [MJB=John Michael Barry] |
| Events | Baildon Moor purchased by council (8/4) Local authority housing - first in UK Motor bus service commenced Provision of nurseries Heavy rain caused flooding (14/7) Memorial Stone at Nelson St fire station (30/11) |
Mayor - WC Lupton Yorkshire Sports (8/9) Leeds - County Arcade Typhoid epidemic feared Thornton tram service opened (18/12) Manningham 9 (RL) - Bradford 1 (RL) |
| 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 British garrison at Ladysmith relieved (28/2) |
Boxer Revolution - China Gottlieb Daimler died (6/3) |
| Sport | FA - Bury (Southampton) RLCC - Swinton (Salford) Olympic Games (2nd) - Paris |
1st - Aston Villa (Sheffield United) RL - Bradford (Batley) - Yorks RL - Runcorn (Oldham) - Lancs |
| Firsts | Coca Cola on sale in UK Trial flight of Zeppelin (2/7) 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 Castle Blaney Buildings, Barry Street St James Wholesale Meat Market extended |
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 (31/7) Jowett (Benjamin & William) opened cycle shop Heaton Rec. presented to Council by Lord Rosse Bradford Northern win Rugby League title |
Mayor - WC Lupton Rates - 7s 2d Wilsden population 3,067 Bradford & West Bowling co-op merge (16/7) Smallpox in Bradford Idle Working Mens Club founded Manningham 12 (RL) - Bradford 1 (RL) |
| National | Queen Victoria died (22/1) Leyton Orient FC turned professional Northern Rugby League formed (Yorks/Lancs merged) |
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 Walt Disney born (5/12) {?} |
| Sport | FA - Tottenham (Sheffield United) RLCC - Batley (Warrington) |
1st - Liverpool (Sunderland) RL - Bradford (Halifax) - Yorks RL - Oldham (Swinton) - Lancs |
| Firsts | Vacuum cleaner patented - Hubert Cecil Booth Car production in Detroit - Oldsmobile Petrol engined motorcycle in Britain Northern Rugby League formed (Yorks & Lancs combined) Motorised hearse |
Victor Talking Machine Co - Eldridge Johnson Transatlantic radio transmission - Marconi Instant coffee Safety razor patented - King Camp Gillette Nestle UK factory |
| Arts/Media | O Sole Mio - Eduardo di Capua | Kim - Rudyard Kipling |
| Products | Rowntree's Table Jellies Toblerone chocolate bar |
Underwood #5 typewriter Meccano |
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 Nelson Street Fire Station (28/10) {1969?} North Bierley cemetery consecrated (17/10) |
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 St Oswald's Church consecrated (19/7) |
| Events | Smallpox epidemic 91 schools in Bradford Frizinghall to Shipley tram service (29/4) Allerton tram service (5/6) Pantomime (Red Riding Hood) at Princes Theatre Cheapside to Frizinghall tram service (28/2) Bradford Tramways transferred to Corporation (1/2) |
Mayor - David Wade Rates - 7s 8d Freeman - Sir Francis Sharp Powell (24/10) Freeman - Alfred Illingworth (24/10) Freeman - Sir Francis Sharp Powell Bus queue barriers Bradford 6 (RL) |
| National | PM - Arthur Balfour - Con {1905} Newton Heath changed name to Manchester Utd Second division added to Rugby League |
Education Act Chester FC turned professional |
| International | Boer War ended (31/5) | |
| Sport | FA - Sheffield United (Southampton) RLCC - Broughton Rangers (Salford) |
1st - Sunderland (Everton) RL - Broughton Rangers (Salford) |
| 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 | Frys Milk Chocolate (Five Boys) |
1903
| Architecture | 193 Sunbridge Road [19DB03] 3? Bowland Street Bradford Central Baths memorial stone Extra electricity generating station, Valley Road |
Green Lane school (5/1) Salt statue, Saltaire Park (4/11) "City Tyres", Thornton Road Botanical Gardens, Lister park |
| Events | "Whit" walk - Ivegate to York Education transferred to Local Authority Bradford 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 formed |
Mayor - David Wade Bradford City elected to 2nd Division Esholt sewage scheme adopted (26/3) Nab Wood to Thackley tram service (23/7) Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Thornbury (5/10) Last horse tram (1/9) Bradford Coffee Tavern Co. wound up Bradford City Manager - Robert Campbell {1905} Bradford 7 (RL1) - Manningham 10 (RL2) |
| National | Plymouth Argyle FC turned professional | |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Bury (Derby County) RLCC - Halifax (Salford) |
1st - The Wednesday (Aston Villa) RL - Halifax (Salford) |
| Firsts | Wright brothers first flight (17/12) Gillette razors and blades [USA] Hull crematorium - first municipal in UK UK number plate issued - DY1 (23/11) |
Harley Davison motorbike Tour de France FIFA formed (21/5) Royal Hall, Harrogate |
| Arts/Media | Daily Mirror | Man and Superman - George Bernard Shaw |
| Products | Crayola crayons | Midget Gems [Lion Confectionery, Cleckheaton] |
1904
| Architecture | Eastbrook Hall (21/3) {1986} {1996} Cartwright Hall (13/4) - Prince of Wales Queen Victoria statue (4/5) Keighley Public Library (first Carnegie 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 Bradford Northern win Rugby League title |
Mayor - WE Briggs Priestley Last horse drawn bus First bus stops Angram Reservoir - building commences Bradford City 10 (D2) - Bradford 1 (RL1) |
| 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) RLCC - Halifax (Warrington) Olympic Games (3rd) - St Louis, USA |
1st - The Wednesday (Manchester City) RL - Bradford (Salford) |
| Firsts | Portable vacuum cleaner (Booth/Goblin) Double sided records - Odeon, Germany Ice Cream Cone - Charles E Menches, USA |
Thermos vacuum flask [Germany] Tea Bag - Thomas Sullivan, USA Pluto (planet) discovered (18/2) |
| Arts/Media | Madame Butterfly - Giacomo Puccini (17/2) Peter Pan - JM Barrie - play (27/12) |
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 (13/9) Union Infirmary Hospital (St Lukes) "Express Dairy", City Road Woolston House, Tetley Street 376 Thornton Road (RH Hopkinson) |
Jaykam House, 63 East Parade [LG] Allerton Library (8/7) or 1916? Bowling Transport Depot {1977} Grange School (27/9) Rawson Place Market extended (18/4) - see 1875 James Street Fish Market covered - see 1891 St James's Church, Baildon |
| Events | Sir Henry Irving died (13/10) - Midland Hotel Smallpox outbreak Winston Churchill at St Georges Hall (3/3) Union Mills, Eccleshill destroyed by fire Boer War memorial plaque, Bingley Hammerton Street Mills gutted by fire (17/7) |
Mayor - WA Whitehead First bus timetable issued Great Horton Sunday Schools burned down (20/2) Scholemoor Cemetery first cremation (30/11) Bradford City Manager - Peter O'Rourke {1921} Bradford City 8 (D2) - Bradford 2 (RL1) |
| 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 Rugby League combined 1st and 2nd divisions |
| International | USA - Theodore Roosevelt Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin |
Jules Vernes died |
| Sport | FA - Aston Villa (Newcastle United) RLCC - Warrington (Hull KR) |
1st - Newcastle United (Everton) RL - Oldham (Bradford) |
| Firsts | Theory of Relativity - Albert Einstein Neon signs Blackpool Pleasure Beach |
Cellophane - Edwin Brandenberger English FA joined FIFA (14/4) |
| Arts/Media | Kipps - HG Wells | The Merry Wido - Franz Lehar |
| Products | Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate | Brasso |
1906
| Architecture | Bowland Street Synagogue (24/6) 98-106 Morley Street |
Shipley Public Baths |
| Events | Samuel Cunliffe Lister - Lord Masham died (2/2) 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 Thornton Road baths closed (17/3) Bradford Northern win the Rugby League Cup |
Lord Mayor - JA Godwin Hot day - 101.2 at Lister Park Esholt estate purchased by Council Charlie Chaplin appears at Empire Theatre Sedbergh Boys Club founded Bradford City 11 (D2) - Bradford 12 (RL) |
| National | Provision of Meals Act First execution at Wakefield jail (11/4) |
Southend United FC formed as a professional club |
| International | San Francisco earthquake (18/4) | Mount Vesuvius erupted (7/4) |
| Sport | FA - Everton (Newcastle United) RLCC - Bradford Northern (Salford) |
1st - Liverpool (Preston) RL - Leigh (Hunslet) |
| Firsts | Speech transmitted by wireless - Fessenden Gabel's "Automatic Entertainer" - Jukebox Ritz Hotel, London |
Rugby International - England beat France (22/3) Grand Prix - Le Mans (26/6) |
| Arts/Media | ||
| Products | Drambuie - liquer | WK Kellog Toasted Corn Flake Co - cereal (19/2) |
1907
| Architecture | Thackley (Open Air) school Park Avenue cricket pavillion (9/11) Thornton Cemetery consecrated (3/4) |
Green Lane cooking depot (28/10) Edderthorpe Street Mills destroyed by fire (19/1) New Liberal Club, Wyke (26/1) |
| Events | First school meals/milk in England (Green Lane) Park Avenue switched to soccer Esholt sewage works scheme is adopted (12/2) Empire Stores (Herbert Fattorini) Bradford Old Bank & Birmingham Bank amalgamated (12/1) Bradford Northern (RL) formed |
Lord Mayor - JE Fawcett Nidd Valley Railway (11/9) Church Bank tramway crash - 14 injured (31/7) General Booth (Salvation Army) visited Shipley (24/7) Bradford (RL) become Bradford Park Avenue Bradford City 5 (D2) - Bradford 18 (RL) |
| 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) RLCC - Warrington (Oldham) |
1st - Newcastle United (Bristol City) RL - Halifax (Oldham) RL - Halifax (Oldham) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Photocopier marketed Electric washing machine - Hurley, USA Brooklands - 1st purpose built racing track |
Boy Scouts founded by Baden-Powell Professional Footballers Association Fare meters in London taxis (22/3) |
| Arts/Media | Persil washing powder | |
| Products |
1908
| Architecture | Skating rink - Rolarena (10/11) {1955} St Joseph's College (26/2) Thackley Open Air school Wilton Street pianoforte works destroyed by fire (8/2) |
Belle Vue school extension (10/12) Manningham Library foundation stone ? Longside Lane [WF] Muff Field Wesleyan Reform School (29/8) |
| Events | First clinic in England (Manor Row) Bradford City - First Division (22/4) Meteorological instruments at Lister Park Electric street lights - Manningham Lane & Morley Street 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) Petrol driven fire engine (17/11) Arthur Poulter awarded the Victoria Cross Bradford City became limited company Bradford City 1P (D2) - Northern 12 (RL) |
| National | PM - Herbert Asquith - Lib {1916} Old Age Pension for 70+ (6/5) 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) RLCC - Hunslet (Hull) Olympic Games (4th) - London |
1st - Manchester United (Aston Villa) RL - Oldham (Hunslet) RL - Hunslet (Oldham) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Lever filling fountain pen patented - Schaeffer Bureau of Investigation (FBI) founded in USA (26/7) Paper cup introduced in USA |
Ideal Home Exhibition - London Electric Iron introduced in USA |
| Arts/Media | Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame | |
| Products | Cadbury's Bournville chocolate Cadbury's Neopolitan chocolate |
Toblerone Model T Ford {1927} |
1909
| Architecture | Town Hall extension (28/9) Toller Lane skating rink (30/9) {?} Undercliffe Pavillion, Northcote Rd (10/4) {1922} Towers Hall skating rink (6/4) Bowling Spinning mill destroyed by fire (13/11) |
Technical College extension foundation stone (5/11) Wesleyan Reform Church, Little Horton Broomfield Public Baths (26/6) Institute for the Blind workshops (9/7) St Peter's Church, Shipley consecrated (1/5) |
| Events | Bradford to Leeds tram service (7/6) Yorkshire Observer {1956} Sunday Observance Committee formed (10/9) Fred Karno's Circus (with Charle Chaplin) at Empire Woolcombers strike began (22/7) New Arts Club opened (2/10) |
Lord Mayor - William Land Cinderella Club home, Morecambe (17/4) Bradford Choral Union formed (19/7) Thwaites station closed (1/7) Bradford City 18 (D1) - Avenue 16 (D2) - Northern 23 (RL) |
| National | ||
| International | USA - William Howard Taft | Geronimo died on reservation (17/2) |
| Sport | FA - Manchester United (Bristol City) RLCC - Wakefield (Hull) |
1st - Newcastle United (Everton) RL - Wigan (Halifax) RL - Wigan (Oldham) - playoffs |
| 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 (ingredients PERborate &
SILicate) Maynards Wine Gums |
Courvoisier, brandy Nuttal's Mintoes |
| Architecture | 147-151 Sunbridge Road [c 1905-10] Labour Exchange opened (1/2) Bolton Road Cottage baths (28/4) Manningham Library, Carlisle Road |
New Canal Dock, Esholt (4/1) City Court opened (26/1) Samaritan Hospital (12/4) |
| Events | 1000th car registered in Bradford Winston Churchill at St Georges Hall (26/11) Picturedrome cinema , Bridge Street (21/3) {1956} Union Mills, Eccleshill destroyed by fire (21/7) Bradford Pageant (12/12) Glen Tramway had 17,000 passengers at Easter Fred Karno's Circus (with Charle Chaplin) at Empire |
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) Land acquired for new Infirmary (9/4) Bradford City 7 (D1) - Avenue 10 (D2) - Northern 23 (RL) |
| 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 Florence Nightingale died (13/8) |
| International | Mark Twain died | Union of South Africa becomes a Dominion |
| Sport | FA - Newcastle United (Barnsley) RLCC - Leeds (Hull) |
1st - Aston Villa (Liverpool) RL - Oldham (Salford) RL - Oldham (Wigan) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Neon lighting (Georges Claude, France) Five Nations Championship - Rugby Union |
Labour Exchange - England(1/2) Old Trafford, Manchester United |
| Arts/Media | History of Mr Polly - HG Wells Persil - first washing powder advertised in a newspaper |
Firebird - Igor Stravinsky |
| Products | OXO cube Subbuteo |
Heinz Tomato Soup [USA] Peek Frean Bourbon biscuit |
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, Soho Works, Allerton Road Unity Hall (16/11) |
| Events | Population 288,458 First trolley bus in England (24/6) {1972} Visit from Edward Sousa and his band (9/2) Chapel Lane flooded after thunderstorm (3/8) Samuel Ledgard Bus Company founded - Armley 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) Bradford to Leeds mail carried by tramcar (1/4) |
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 destroyed by fire (10/3) Valley Road Dyeworks destroyed by fire (20/11) Explosions in Bradford Beck - 3 killed (1/12) Bradford Sporting Club opened Bradford City 5 (D1) - Avenue 12 (D2) - Northern 23 (RL) |
| 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) Bill Haley died (9/2) |
| Sport | FA - Bradford City (Newcastle United) - replay RLCC - Broughton (Wigan) |
1st - Manchester United (Aston Villa) RL - Wigan (Oldham) RL - Oldham (Wigan) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Monte Carlo Ralley (21/1) | British Board of Film Censors (5/11) |
| Arts/Media | Peter Pan - JM Barrie Alexander's Ragtime Band - Irving Berlin |
Der Rosenkavalier - Richard Strauss Keystone Cops - Stan Sennett |
| Products | Basildon Bond - notepaper Cadbury's Milk Flake |
Wrigleys Juicy Fruit & Spearmint gum [UK] |
1912
| Architecture | Grand Picture House (1/7) {1932} Elysian Palace, Lidget Green (16/9) {1955} "Ruby House", Dyson Street Heaton Cottage Baths (26/2) |
Tivoli Picture Hall, Leeds Road (23/9) {1956} Dudley Hill Picture Palace (9/12) {1967} St Chad's church fnd stone (17/2) Technical College extended |
| 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 Free Library for the Blind opened (15/6) Bradford Playgoers Society formed (19/5) |
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} Russian ballerina Pavlova appeared at Theatre Royal (31/10) Bolling Hall acquired by Corporation Bradford City 11 (D1) - Avenue 11 (D2) - Northern 26 (RL) |
| National | Goalkeeper can only handle inside penalty area Bram Stoker died (20/4) 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) RLCC - Dewsbury (Oldham) Olympic Games (5th) - Stockholm, Sweden |
1st - Blackburn Rovers (Everton) RL - Huddersfield (Wigan) RL - Huddersfield (Wigan) - playoffs |
| Firsts | WA Sheaffer Pen Company founded British Board of Film Censors Parachute Jump - Captain Berry, St. Louis, Missouri (1/3) |
"Piltdown Man" discovered (forgery) Girl Guides, USA [Juliette Gordon Low] (12/3) Blackpool Illuminations |
| 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} Artillery Barracks, Valley Parade (19/12) |
Scala cinema, East parade (2/8) {1922} 136 Sunbridge Road [DB] |
| 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 Manningham Mills fire - 3 workers died (15/4) Palmerston Buildings, Manor Row destroyed by fire |
Lord Mayor - John Arnold Bfd Moor golf course damaged by suffragettes First plane flew over Bradford (1/8) Child murdered in Newby Street Barkerend Mills damaged by fire (22/5) Bradford City 13 (D1) - Avenue 13 (D2) - Northern 17 (RL) |
| National | Soccer freekick - players must be 10 yards away | Canberra became capital of Australia (12/3) |
| International | USA - Woodrow Wilson | Mahatma Ghandi arrested in India |
| Sport | FA - Aston Villa (Sunderland) RLCC - Huddersfield (Warrington) |
1st - Sunderland (Aston Villa) RL - Huddersfield (Wigan) RL - Huddersfield (Wigan) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Crossword puzzle Federal Reserve Bank - USA Wimbledon - Ladies Doubles & Mixed Doubles London Underground logo |
PA system Rockefeller Foundation - USA Grand Central Station, New York Arsenal Stadium, Highbury |
| Arts/Media | The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw |
Sons and Lovers - DH Lawrence New Statesman - magazine |
| Products | Morris Oxford |
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} Cleckheaton Colliery Company |
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 (14/3) 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) Corporation agree to buy Infirmary for £100,000 (10/2) Visit from Prince Joseph of Uganda (12/5) Union Street warehouse fire (7/1) |
Lord Mayor - George Henry Robinson Olympic cinema (16/2) {1923} Oxford cinema (9/4) {1966} Low Moor cinema (14/9) {1957} Dawsons, first concrete buildings collapses (12/2) Explosion at Heckmondwyke (2/12) 1st Bradford Pals Battalion formed (20/9) First football "derby" game Horse-drawn fire engines withdrawn from service Maternity Care Committee formed Bradford City 9 (D1) - Avenue 2P (D2) - Northern 24 (RL) |
| 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) RLCC - Hull (Wakefield) |
1st - Blackburn Rovers (Aston Villa) RL - Huddersfield (Salford) RL - Salford (Huddersfield) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Elastic Brassiere - Mary Phelps Jacob Blood transfusion - Belgium (27/3) Air conditioning patented |
Scheduled air service - Florida Moving car assembly line - Model T Ford |
| Arts/Media | Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs | Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw |
| Products | Fry's Turkish Delight Cadbury's Plain Tray chocolates |
Heinz Salad Cream |
1915
| Architecture | Textile Hall, Westgate Blind Workshop, Frizinghall |
Lido, Lister Park? - see 1930 |
| 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) Rates raised from 9s 3d to 9s 9d Sir Fred Hoyle born - Bingley |
Lord Mayor - Thomas Howarth Manchester Road station closed (31/12) 2nd Bradford Pals Battalion formed Two goods trains collided (23/1) Bradford Pals march to camp at Skipton (15/1) Bradford City 10 (D1) - Avenue 9 (D1) - Northern 19 (RL) |
| National | SS Lusitania sunk by German submarines (1/5) WG Grace - cricketer died (23/10) |
Lord Beaverbrook purchases the Daily Express |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Sheffield United (Chelsea) RLCC - Huddersfield (St Helens) |
1st - Everton (Oldham Athletic) RL - Huddersfield (Wigan) RL - Huddersfield (Leeds) - playoffs |
| 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 | Cadbury's Milk Tray chocolates |
1916
| Architecture | St Lukes War Hospital extension (5/10) | Recreation grounds, Legrams Lane/St Michaels Road (19/4) |
| Events | Low Moor explosion - 39 died (21/8) 500 painters and decorators on strike (18/4 to 16/5)) 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 Short 184 torpedo bomber built in Bradford YMCA opened in Forster Square (24/3) |
Lord Mayor - Abram Peel Bradford Motor Volunteers public parade (5/2) Ramsay MacDonald visited (25/11) Telegraph moves to Observer offices (28/2) Samuel Ingham awarded the Victoria Cross Special constables (200) start patrols at night (16/2) Alhambra and Empire Theatre amalgamated (1/5) Allerton library opened see also 1905 |
| 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 | Grigory Rasputin murdered (30/12) |
| 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 | Royal family adopted the name of Windsor (17/7) | |
| International | USA - Theodore Roosevelt |
USA declares war on Germany (6/4) William Cody/Buffalo Bill died (10/1) |
| Sport | ||
| Firsts | "Freezing" developed by Clarence Birdseye CBE award |
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 Albert Medal (which was replaced by 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 | Fox's Glacier Mints |
1919
| Architecture | Lyceum cinema (18/12) {1962} | Cliffe Mills, Bartle Lane destroyed by fire |
| Events | Parish church became Cathedral (6/10) Betty's Cafe - Ilkley Northcliffe Woods given to Shipley UDC Vester Tilley final performance, Alhambra (29/11) Manningham Mills fire (28/12) HR Jackson founded {2004} |
Lord Mayor - William Wade Royds House presented to Wilsden HR Jackson - Glass and china Cliffe Mills, Great Horton damaged by fire Northern 11 (YRL) |
| National | Yorkshire Miners strike ended (12/8) Leeds United FC formed |
Cambridge United FC formed "Two Minutes Silence" (11/11) |
| International | Auguste Renoir died aged 78 (3/12) | |
| Sport | RL - Hull (Leeds) - Yorks RL - Rochdale (Leigh) - Lancs |
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| Firsts | Greyhound racing - California Motor scooter Airline - Dutch KLM |
Helicopter flight Trans-Atlantic flight - Alcock & Brown Two Minutes Silence for Armistice Day |
| 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 St James Cattle Auction Market (17/4) |
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 (8/1) Nurses Home - Field House, Duckworth Lane Jowett Cars moved to Idle Northcliffe Woods, Shipley opened (12/6) Bishop of Bradford enthroned (17/2) |
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 - first in country(1/4) Rates set at 16s 10d Bradford City 15 (D1) - Avenue 11 (D1) - Northern 24 (RL) |
| National | Government of Ireland Act Charlton Athletic FC turned professional |
Leeds United FC turned professional |
| International | USA - Prohibition comes into force (16/1) {1933} League of Nations established (10/1) |
USA - Women allowed to vote |
| Sport | FA - Aston Villa (Huddersfield) RLCC - Huddersfield (Wigan) Olympic Games (7th) - Antwerp, Belgium |
1st - West Bromwich Albion (Burnley) RL - Huddersfield (Hull) RL - Hull (Huddersfield) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Radio broadcast Oxford University awarded degrees to women |
Pitney Bowes (franking machines) founded The Cenotaph, London |
| 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 |
Bandstand, Northcliffe Woods, Shipley (26/5) |
| Events | Population 285,961 Theatre Royal opened as cinema (5/12) {1974} Minor earthquake BRI - XRay equipment for cancer treatment (8/8) Bradford City Manager - David Menzies {1926} Hard tennis courts in Peel Park (19/2) 2,196 trees planted on roads around the city Peerage conferred on AH Illingworth (14/5) Unemployed - 60,120 (unofficial figures) |
Lord Mayor - Thomas Blythe Rates - 18s 3d Freeman - Sgt JW Robertshaw (13/9) Freeman - Sir James Hill (25/10) Freeman - Field Marshall Earl Haigh (26/1) Freemen - ex Servicemen (22/7) Women jurors at Quarter Sessions (7/1) Heatwave, temperatures of 130F (77F in shade) Memorial window for 6th West Yorks Regiment at Cathedral (24/7) Bradford City 15 (D1) - Avenue 22R (D1) - Northern 23 (RL) |
| National | Miners strike Torquay United FC turned professional Duke of Edinburgh - Prince Philip born (9/6) |
Sunday postal deliveries ended "Chequers" donated to Prime Minister |
| International | USA - Warren G Harding (died in office) | |
| Sport | FA - Tottenham (Wolverhampton) RLCC - Leigh (Halifax) |
1st - Burnley (Manchester City) RL - Hull KR (Hull) RL - Hull (Hull KR) - playoffs |
| Firsts | HMV Upright vacuum cleaner (Booth/Goblin) Insulin injection for a diabetic |
Hoover trademark registered British Legion / Poppy Appeal |
| Arts/Media | Women in Love - DH Lawrence |
The Kid - film (Charlie Chaplin The Sheik - film (Rudolph Valentino) |
| Products | Chanel No. 5 perfume (5/5) | Cadbury's Fruit & Nut chocolate |
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) John Braine born Rotary Club founded (14/3) |
Lord Mayor - Thomas Sowden Corp[oration clothing department closed (9/5) Scala cinema closed Foster Park, Denholme opened (13/5) Blighty Club opened Bradford City 21R (D1) - Avenue 22R (D2) - Northern 26 (RL) |
| National | PM - A Bonar Law - Con {1923} Irish Free State (6/12) Sir Ernest Shackleton died (5/1) |
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) RLCC - Rochdale (Hull) |
1st - Liverpool (Tottenham) RL - Oldham (Wigan) RL - Wigan (Oldham) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Football Pools (14/9) Blue salt packet added to Smiths crisps Marie Stopes birth control campaign - London Insulin used to treate diabetes (11/1) |
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 (17/7) Coronet cinema (2/7) {1958} Park Road cinema (22/7) {1961} Tennyson cinema (15/10) {1961} Norman Rae Maternity Home, Shipley (4/9) |
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) Emm Lane widened |
| 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) Controlled tipping at Odsal commenced (became RL ground) Heavy flooding - Aire & Wharfe (14/11) |
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 (2/4) Scheme to clear White Abbey approved (19/7) Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand visited (6/12) Bradford City 15 (D2) - Avenue 2 (D3) - Northern 26 (RL) |
| National | PM - Stanley Baldwin - Con {1929} Minimum age for drinking became 18 |
Peterborough United FC formed |
| International | USSR | Japanes earthquake destroys Yohohama |
| Sport | FA - Bolton (West Ham United) - Wembley RLCC - Leeds (Hull) |
1st - Liverpool (Sunderland) RL - Hull (Huddersfield) RL - Hull KR (Huddersfield) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Woggle - UK Cubs Electric shaver patented - Joseph Schick Flying Scotsman - railway locomotive Moscow Underground (23/4) |
Supermarket, San Francisco Cotton Club, Harlem, New York Le Mans 24 Hour Race (25/5) |
| 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 YMCA opened by Princess Mary (23/2) Ladyhill Park Pavillion (3/5) |
St William (RC) church Putting Green, Bowling Park [first in Bradford] (21/5) |
| Events | Zetland Mills, floor collapsed - 4 died (10/1) Low Moor Disaster memorial, Scholemore (24/3) Anonymous donation of £30,000 for new Infirmary Bradford & Leeds wireless relay station opened (8/7) Holiday home for mothers and children opened at Grassington (24/5) |
Lord Mayor - JH Palin Market Street station became Forster Square (2/6) Knights of St Columba's Bradford Council formed Bradford City 18 (D2) - Avenue 5 (D3) - Northern 26 (RL) |
| National | British Empire Exhibtion, Wembley | Goal could be scored direct from a corner kick |
| International | J Edgar Hoover appointed as head of the FBI | Lenin died (21/1) |
| Sport | FA - Newcastle United (Aston Villa) RLCC - Wigan (Oldham) Olympic Games (8th) - Paris |
1st - Huddersfield (Cardiff City) RL - Wigan (Batley) RL - Batley (Wigan) - playoffs |
| 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 (21/7) 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) - Northern 26 (RL) |
| National | Soccer offside law changed to 2 players (not 3) | |
| International | USA - Calvin Coolidge | |
| Sport | FA - Sheffield United (Cardiff) RLCC - Oldham (Hull KR) |
1st - Huddersfield (West Bromwich Albion) RL - Swinton (Hull KR) RL - Hull KR (Swinton) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Western Electric - recording system Charleston - dance Transatlantic radio broadcast (12/3) |
"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 - film (Charlie Chaplin) |
| Products | Sherbert Fountain Masking Tape - 3M |
Cadbury's Brazil Nut chocolate |
1926
| Architecture | Lloyds Bank, Hustlergate Connaught Rooms, Manningham Lane fnd stone [Ross & Briggs] |
Midland Bank, Market Street Water filtration plant, Thornton (21/9) |
| 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 Orphan Girls' Home closed (31/3) Princess Mary visited the Alhambra (9/10) |
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) - Northern 23 (RL) |
| National | General Strike (4/5) Voting age for women changed from 30 to 21 (7/5) |
Agatha Christie disappears |
| International | Rudolf Valentino died (23/8) | Claude Monet died - Germany (5/12) |
| Sport | FA - Bolton (Manchester City) RLCC - Swinton (Oldham) |
1st - Huddersfield (Arsenal) RL - Wigan (Warrington) RL - Wigan (Warrington) - playoffs |
| Firsts | British Grand Prix - Brooklands Waterproof sandpaper (3M) Electric chair - USA (6/8) Round the world flight |
Greyhound racing - Belle Vue Traffic lights - Piccadilly Circus (3/8) Gertrude Ederle - first woman to swim English Channel (6/8) |
| Arts/Media | Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne |
Metropolis - directed by Fritz Lang Ben Hur |
| Products |
1927
| Architecture | Greenfield Greyhound Stadium, Dudley Hill (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) - Northern 28 (RL) |
| National | BBC incorporated by Royal Charter | |
| International | Lindbergh flies from New York to Paris in 37 hours | |
| Sport | FA - Cardiff (Arsenal) RLCC - Oldham (Swinton) |
1st - Newcastle United (Huddersfield) RL - St Helens Rec (Swinton) RL - Swinton (St Helens Rec) - playoffs |
| Firsts | BBC formed (1/1) Live radio football commentary - Arsenal v Sheffield Utd (27/2) |
Plastic toothbrush (Addis/Wisdom) |
| Arts/Media | Jazz Singer - first talkie movie Showboat - musical [New York] (27/12) |
Tarka the Otter - Henry Williamson |
| Products | Thorntons chocolate | Model T Ford ceased production |
1928
| Architecture | Ye Olde Crowne, Ivegate - rebuilt Olympia (public hall), Thornton Road {?} Electricity Works extension |
Greengates cinema (4/10) {1959} Connaught Rooms, Manningham Lane (29/9) Kings Road [officially opened] (27/4) |
| Events | Duble-decker motorbus Bradford City Transport moved to Bolton Road Royal visit - Duke of York [King George VI] Textile trade makes heavy losses Bolton Lane abattoir closed (27/10) |
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) - Northern 16 (RL) |
| National | Voting age for women reduced to 21 (from 30) | Thomas Hardy died |
| International | Graf Zeppelin transatlantic flight | Flying Doctor service, Australia |
| Sport | FA - Blackburn Rovers (Huddersfield) RLCC - Swinton (Warrington) Olympic Games (9th) - Amsterdam, Holland |
1st - Everton (Huddersfield) RL - Swinton (Leeds) RL - Swinton (Featherstone) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Heinz started to manufacture in the UK Speedway racing on cinder track in UK - Essex Automatic traffic lights - Bond St/Park Row, Leeds Woman to cross Atlantic - Amelia Earhart (18/6) |
RCA and Victor merged Penicillin discovered by Alexandra Fleming "St Michael" - Marks & Spencer trademark Madam Tussauds, London (26/4) |
| Arts/Media | The House at Pooh Corner - AA Milne An American in Paris - George Gershwin Bolero - Maurice Ravel |
Steamboat Willie (Mickey Mouse) - Walt Disney The Threepenny Opera - Kurt Weill "Glass and a half . . " - Dairy Milk advert |
| 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] Sports Turf Research Insitute founded Marks & Spencer - 38/40 Darley Street see also |
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) - Northern 28 (RL) |
| National | PM - J Ramsay MacDonald - Lab {1931} | Votes given to women over the age of 21 (29/3) |
| International | USA - Herbert Hoover "Wall Street Crash" (24-29/3) |
St Valentine's Day Massacre, Chicago (14/2) |
| Sport | FA - Bolton (Portsmouth) RLCC - Wigan (Dewsbury) |
1st - Sheffield Wednesday (Leicester City) RL - Huddersfield (Hull KR) RL - Huddersfield (Leeds) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Fyffes "blue label" introduced Richard Byrd flies over South Pole |
Church of Scotland formed by mergers Graf Zeppelin flies round the world |
| Arts/Media | Good Companions - JB Priestley All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Remarque Popeye - cartoon character in newspaper (11/4) |
Showboat - musical - Jerome Kern A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway Academy Awards [cinema] |
| Products | Yo-Yo - name trademarked - Donald Duncan | Fry's Crunchie |
| Architecture | New Victoria/Gaumont/Odeon cinema
(22/9) {2000} Cosy cinema (4/6) {1961} Lido, Lister Park {1983/1991}- or 1915? "Duke of York Home" - BRI |
John Street Open Market St Clare's school Bierley school James Street Market exterior shops |
| 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) - Northern 28 (RL) |
| National | Road Traffic Act | |
| International | Amy Johnson - Britain to Australia solo flight French start to construct Maginot Line |
Mahatma Ghandi opens Civil Disobedience campaign Planet Pluto discovered (13/3) |
| Sport | FA - Arsenal (Huddersfield Town) WC - Uruguay (Argentina) - Uruguay RLCC - Widnes (St Helens) |
1st - Sheffield Wednesday (Derby County) RL - St Helens (Huddersfield) RL - Huddersfield (Leeds) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Robertson's Golly brooches Acrylic plastics - Perspex, Britain & Lucite, USA Sydney Harbour bridge |
Photoflash cubes Pluto discovered |
| Arts/Media | Private Lives - Noel Coward | Daily Chronicle and Daily News merged |
| Products | Snickers/Marathon bar Cadbury's Milk Flake - short version for 99 ice cream |
Cadbury's Whole Nut chocolate Scotch cellophane tape - 3M |
1931
| Architecture | Esholt Sewage Works James Street Fish 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 Technical College extended |
| 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 Knights of St Columba's moved to Clarendon Academy |
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) - Northern 28 (RL) |
| National | PM - J Ramsay Macdonald - Nat Gov {1935} | New Party formed by Oswald Mosley |
| International | Al Capone jailed for tax evasion - 11 years (17/10) | Star Spangled Banner became USA national anthem (3/3) |
| Sport | FA - West Bromwich Albion (Birmingham City) RLCC - Halifax (York) |
1st - Arsenal (Aston Villa) RL - Swinton (Leeds) RL - Swinton (Leeds) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Empire State Building (1/5) RCA inroduces 33 1/3 rpm records Abbey Road recording studios, London |
Stereo recording patented - Alan Blumlein Highway Code (14/4) |
| Arts/Media | City Lights - Charlie Chaplin Dracula - Bela Lugosi |
Frankenstein - Boris Karloff |
| Products | Bostik Quink ink Alka Seltzer [USA] (19/3) |
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 City Greyhound Stadium, Legrams Lane (15/8) |
| 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) - Northern 28 (RL) |
| National | Wigan Athletic FC formed as a professional club Three letter car number plates |
Methodist Church formed my mergers |
| International | Charles Lindbergh son kidnapped (1/3) | |
| Sport | FA - Newcastle United (Arsenal) RLCC - Leeds (Swinton) Olympic games (10th) - Los Angeles |
1st - Everton (Arsenal) RL - Huddersfield (St Helens) RL - St Helens (Huddersfield) |
| Firsts | London Philharmonic Orchestra - Thomas Beecham Broadcasting House, Regent Street, London |
Route 66 completed - Chicago to Los Angeles |
| Arts/Media | Brave New World - Aldous Huxley | Tarzan the Ape Man - Johnny Weismuller |
| Products | Terry's All Gold chocolates Terry's Chocolate Orange |
Mars Bar Zippo lighter |
1933
| Architecture | Bradford College extension (7/10) YMCA extension, Canal Road |
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) - Northern 23 (RL) |
| National | Housing Act | Frederick Henry Royce died |
| International | USA - Franklin D Roosevelt Adolph Hitler appoinrted Chancellor of Germany (30/1) |
Prohibition repealed in USA (5/12) |
| Sport | FA - Everton (Manchester City) RLCC - Huddersfield (Warrington) |
1st - Arsenal (Aston Villa) RL - Salford (Swinton) RL - Salford (Swinton) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Odeon cinema circuit London Underground map [Harry Beck] Comet founded as Comet Battery Stores in Hull |
Synthetic detergent - ICI Battersea Power Station |
| Arts/Media | Shape of Things to Come - HG Wells | King Kong |
| Products | Black Magic chocolates Cadbury's Whole Nut chocolate |
Ambrosia tinned Devon cream Dettol |
1934
| Architecture | Odsal Stadium Brown, Muff store extended Grattan, Ingleby Road |
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) - Northern 27 (RL) |
| National | Hitler appointed president of Germany | Peterborough United FC turned professional |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Manchester City (Portsmouth) WC - Italy (Czechoslovakia) - Italy RLCC - Hunslet (Widnes) |
1st - Arsenal (Huddersfield) RL - Salford (Wigan) RL - Wigan (Salford) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Queen Mary launched (26/9) Mersey Tunnel opened (18/7) Battersea Power Station - Sir Giles Scott |
Royal christmas broadcast (25/12) Wurlitzer,Rock-Ola,Seeburg jukeboxes Driving tests introduced by Road Traffic Act |
| Arts/Media | Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller | I, Claudius - Robert Graves |
| Products | Gibbs SR - toothpaste | Anglepoise Lamp |
1935
| Architecture | Police entrance opened in Town Hall Marks & Spencer, 16/20 Darley Street (29/3) |
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) - Northern 25 (RL) |
| 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) RLCC - Castleford (Huddersfield) |
1st - Arsenal (Sunderland) RL - Swinton (Warrington) RL - Swinton (Warrington) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Parking meter Masking tape (3M) Twentieth Century Fox film studio Richter Scale [Earthquakes] |
Hawker Hurricane flight (6/11) American Institute of Public Opinion - George Gallup Practical radar equipment - Robert Watson-Watts Alcholics Anonymous, Ohio USA (13/5) |
| Arts/Media | Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs - Disney Porgy and Bess - George Gershwin Top Hat - Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers |
Ovaltine jingle The 39 Steps - Alfred Hitchcock [D] |
| Products | Aero chocolate bar Trebor Mints Kodak Kodachrome colour film Monopoly - Parker Bros/Waddingtons |
Refreshers Brooke Bond Dividend Tea Milky Way chocolate bar Seven Sea Cod Liver Oil |
1936
| Architecture | Co-Op Emporium [Sunwin House] WN Sharpe, Bingley Road Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane (7/6) Broomfields area demolished - slum clearance |
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) - Northern 19 (RL) |
| National | George V died (20/1) King Edward VIII {abdicated 11/12} Duke of York became George VI {1952} |
Crystal Palace fire - burnt down (30/11) Ipswich Town FC turned professional Rudyard Kipling died (18/1) |
| International | Volkswagen factory opened by Adolf Hitler | Spanish Civil war |
| Sport | FA - Arsenal (Sheffield United) RLCC - ? Olympic Games (11th) - Berlin |
1st - Sunderland (Derby County) RL - Hull (Liverpool S) RL - Hull (Widnes) - playoffs |
| Firsts | BBC tv (2/11) Gatwick Airport (6/6) London A-Z street atlas Spitfire maiden flight (5/3) |
BASF/AEG tape recording of live concert Penguin Books Music Chart - Billboard, USA (4/1) |
| Arts/Media | How to win friends & influence people - Dick
Carnegie Eyeless in Gaza - Aldous Huxley |
Peter and the Wolf - Sergei Prokofiev Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin) |
| Products | Dairy Box chocolates Quality Street sweets Milky Bar white chocolate |
Robinson's Lemon Barley Water Maltesers chocolates |
1937
| Architecture | Civic Playhouse (29/1) Britannia House |
Oriental cinema, Oak Lane (25/1) {1958} Old Infirmary - demolition commenced |
| Events | Jukebox installed in Farmer Giles, Market Street David Hockney born Leeds - Queens Hotel |
Lord Mayor - Henry Hudson Bradford City 21R (D2) - Avenue 20 (D2) - Northern 15 (RL) |
| National | PM - Neville Chamberlain - Con {1940} Colchester United FC formed as a professional club |
George VI coronation (12/5) |
| International | USA - Franklin D Roosevelt Zeppelin Hindenburg crashed in New York (6/5) Irish Free State becomes Eire (29/12) |
Amelia Earhart disappeared (2/7) Japanese - Chinese war |
| Sport | FA - Sunderland (Preston) RLCC - Widnes (Keighley) |
1st - Manchester City (Charlton Athletic) RL - Salford (Warrington) RL - Salford (Warrington) - playoffs |
| Firsts | 999 - emergency telephone number (1/7) Nylon patented Supermarket trolley [Oklahoma] (4/6) |
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco (27/4) or (27/5) Prototype Jet Engine (Frank Whittle) |
| Arts/Media | The Road to Wigan Pier - George Orwell Snow White & the Seven Dwarves - Walt Disney The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien |
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck A Star is Born (Judy Garland & James Mason) Dandy - UK comic (4/12) |
| Products | Smarties - UK sweets Kit-Kat chocolate bar Rolo - UK sweets Paynes Poppets - UK sweets Spam (Spiced Ham - Hormel Foods Corp) |
Ambrosia Creamed Rice - rice pudding Goblin Teasmade Refreshers - UK sweets (circa) Milky Bar |
1938
| Architecture | Odeon cinema (17/12) {1969} Bolton Lane abattoir demolished |
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) - Northern 12 (RL) |
| National | "peace in our time" - Neville Chamberlain (29/9) | |
| International | German troops invade Austria (11/3) | |
| Sport | FA - Preston (Huddersfield) WC - Italy (Hungary) - France RLCC - Salford (Barrow) |
1st - Arsenal (Wolverhampton) RL - Hunslet (Leeds) RL - Hunslet (Leeds) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Photocopier - Chester Carlson | Ball point pen patented - Georg Biro & J Ladisla |
| Arts/Media | Superman - Action Comics (30/6) Scoop - Evelyn Waugh Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Walt Disney |
Brighton Rock - Grahame Greene Beano - comic |
| Products | Cadbury's Roses chocolates |
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) - Northern 16 (RL) |
| National | Building Societies Act | |
| International | World War II (3/9) {1945} | Spanish Civil War ended (28/3) |
| Sport | FA - Portsmouth (Wolverhampton) RLCC - Halifax (Salford) |
1st - Everton (Wolverhampton) RL - Salford (Castleford) RL - Salford (Castleford) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Airfix company founded by Nicholas Cove Anderson bomb shelter |
Nylon stockings on sale in New York (16/2) "Oscar" used for first time at Academy Awards |
| Arts/Media | Dalesman - Yorkshire magazine Batman - Detective Comics Gone With The Wind - film |
ITMA (It's that man again) - Radio "Glass and a half of milk . . ." - Cadbury's chocolate advert |
| Products | Nescafe instant coffee | Parker 51 pen |
| Architecture | Arcadian cinema (16/3) {1964} Linton Camp school (10/7) |
Bank Street (Exchange) Post Office (?/5) |
| Events | Air Raid - 3 bombs on Heaton Woods (22/8) Air Raid - 4 bombs caused minor damage (28/8) Air Raid - Lingards/Rawson Market/Odeon bombed (31/8) George Formby appears at the Alhambra |
Lord Mayor - William Illingworth Preparations to evacuate 8000 children Esholt station closed (28/10) Northern 1 (RLY) |
| National | PM - Winston Churchill - Coalition {1945} George Cross award instituted (23/9) |
John Lennon born (9/10) Battle of Britain |
| International | Dunkirk evacuation (4/6) France surrenders (25/6) |
Pele born (23/10) |
| Sport | RL - Bradford Northern (Huddersfield) - Yorks RL - Swinton (Salford) - Lancs RL - Bradford Northern (Swinton) - playoffs |
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| Firsts | ||
| Arts/Media | Captain Marvel | |
| Products |
1941
| Architecture | ||
| Events | Air Raid (14/3) German bomber crashed in Idle (?/5) Manningham Mills fire (1/6) |
Lord Mayor - LFWS Smith Connaught Rooms fire Northern 1 (RLY) |
| National | Amy Johnson died in an air crash (5/1) | |
| International | USA - Franklin D Roosevelt | Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour (7/12) |
| Sport | RLCC - Leeds (Halifax) |
RL - Bradford Northern (Hull) - Yorks RL - Wigan (Warrington) - Lancs RL - Bradford Northern (Wigan) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Television commercial, NBC (USA) - Bulova watches(1/7) | |
| Arts/Media | see above | |
| 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) Northern 2 (RL) |
| National | ||
| International | Battle of El Alamein | |
| Sport | RLCC - Leeds (Halifax) |
RL - Dewsbury (Bradford Northern) RL - Dewsbury (Bradford Northern) - playoffs |
| Firsts | UK television license issued (1/6) | |
| Arts/Media | Famous Five - Enid Blyton | Desert Island Discs - BBC radio |
| Products | Duck/Duct tape - Johnson & Johnson |
1943
| Architecture | ||
| Events | Bradford City Manager - Robert Sharp {1946} John Dixon awarded the George Cross |
Lord Mayor - Walter Henry Barraclough Northern 3 (RL) |
| National | ||
| International | Dam Busters raid (16/5) Germans surrender at Stalingrad (2/2) |
Allied invasion of Italy (10/7) Mussolini overthrown (25/7) |
| Sport | RLCC - Dewsbury (Leeds) |
RL - Wigan (Dewsbury) RL - Dewsbury (Halifax) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Reflecting road studs laid (13/3) Ball point pen |
ABC Network (USA) |
| Arts/Media | Oklahoma!- New York [Rogers & Hammerstein] | |
| Products | Slinky - Richard James |
1944
| Architecture | ||
| Events | New soccer stadium suggested Freeman - Lt Col Sir A Gadie (31/10) |
Lord Mayor - Cecil Barnett Northern 6 (RL) |
| National | Education Act | PAYE introduced (6/4) |
| International | D-Day landings (6/6) Paris liberated (25/8) |
Operation Market Garden - "A Bridge Too Far" (17/9) Battle of the Bulge (16/12) |
| Sport | RLCC - Bradford Northern (Wigan) |
RL - Wakefield (Wigan) RL - Wigan (Dewsbury) - playoffs |
| Firsts | ||
| Arts/Media | Le Monde | |
| Products | Murray Mints |
1945
| Architecture | ||
| Events | Picture House/New Tatler destroyed by fire (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 Northern 1 (RL) |
| National | PM - Clement Atlee - Lab {1951} | |
| International | USA - Franklin D Roosevelt (died in office 12/4)) USA - Harry S Truman UN charter signed by 50 nations (26/6) |
Adolf Hitler commits suicide (30/4) VE Day (8/5) Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima (6/8) Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki (9/8) VJ Day (15/8) |
| Sport | RLCC - Huddersfield (Bradford Northern) |
RL - Bradford Northern (Halifax) RL - Bradford Northern (Halifax) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Tupperware on sale [USA] Waterloo Bridge, London |
Atomic Bomb, White Sands, New Mexico (16/7) |
| Arts/Media | Animal Farm - George Orwell | |
| Products |
1946
| Architecture | Valley Road Power Station extended | |
| Events | Bradford City Manager - Jack Barker {1947} City centre flooded (20/9) |
Lord Mayor - Thomas Illingworth Clough Northern 4 (RL) |
| National | HG Wells died (13/8) | Cambridge United FC turned professional |
| International | Italy declared a republic (11/6) | United Nations - first meeting in London (10/1) |
| Sport | FA - Derby County (Charlton) RLCC - Wakefield (Wigan) |
RL - Wigan (Huddersfield) RL - Wigan (Huddersfield) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Beecham Meeting of UN General Assembly [London] (10/1) |
Bikini - Fashion show, Paris Sony founded - see also 1958 |
| Arts/Media | Baby and Child Care - Dr Spock (14/7) | Mallory Towers - Enid Blyton |
| Products | Penguin biscuit |
1947
| Architecture | Telephone Exchange, Manchester Road | |
| Events | Jowett Javelin City Centre flooded Rolarena re-opened after the war Electricity cuts because of weather (15/2) Sir Edward Victor Appleton won Nobel Prize Bradford Northern won Cup |
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) - Northern 6 (RL) |
| National | Elizabeth & Philip married (20/11) | Transport Act |
| International | Roswell Incident - UFO crashed? (2/7) Henry Ford died |
Al Capone died (25/1) |
| Sport | FA - Charlton (Burnley) RLCC - Bradford Northern (Leeds) |
1st - Liverpool (Manchester United) RL - Wigan (Dewsbury) RL - Wigan (Dewsbury) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Duty Free shop, Shannon airport | Televised FA Cup Final |
| Arts/Media | Oklahoma! - London [Rogers & Hammerstein] | |
| Products | Subboteo - football game |
1948
| Architecture | Valley Road Power Station extended | |
| Events | Bradford Magic Circle formed by Hassan Noor Bradford City Manager - David Steele {1952} Civic Race Course suggested |
Lord Mayor - FJ Cowie Bradford City 14 (D3) - Avenue 14 (D2) - Northern 4 (RL) |
| National | Railway nationalisation | |
| International | Sri Lanka (Ceylon) gained independence (4/2) | |
| Sport | Manchester United (Blackpool) RLCC - Wigan (Bradford Northern) Olympic Games (14th) - London |
1st - Arsenal (Manchester United) RL - Wigan (Warrington) RL - Warrington (Bradford Northern) - playoffs |
| Firsts | Adidas founded (Germany) - Adi Dassler British supermarket - Coop Manor Park Ampex tape recorder World Health Organisation (7/4) |
Frisbee (Russell Frisbie Pie Co, CT, USA) Hoover washing machine Columbia 33 1/3 rpm microgroove LP |
| Arts/Media | Sooty - Blackpool North Pier First televised Rugby League game - cup final |
"Bertie Basset" - Liquorice Allsorts logo |
| Products | Walkers Crisps Spangles sweets {1984} Land Rover [Amsterdam Motor Show] (30/4) |
Polo Mints Morris Minor - £358 {1971} |
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) Bradford Northern won Cup |
Lord Mayor - G Thomas Meggison St Georges Hall cinema closed (12/3) Carlton Grammar school fire (30/11) Bank St car park closed for public meetings Bradford City 22 (D3) - Avenue 17 (D2) - Northern 10 (RL) |
| National | Clothes rationing ends (1/2) Eire declared Republic of Ireland (18/4) |
Oxford United FC turned professional |
| International | USA - Harry S Truman | |
| Sport | FA - Wolverhampton (Leicester) RLCC - Bradford Northern (Halifax) |
1st - Portsmouth (Manchester United) RL - Warrington (Wigan) RL - Huddersfield (Warrington) - playoffs |
| Firsts | RCA 7" 45 rpm record | NATO founded (4/4) |
| Arts/Media | 1984 - George Orwell | South Pacific - stage music |