20th CenturyBradford

The Local Studies Service holds an extensive range of sources for learningabout the Bradford District over the past one hundred years, a century thathas seen more changes than any other period of our history.Our collection represents the progress of the years, with a gradual narration

of the times beginning in the dusty tomes of the Edwardian era and carrying through onto the modern day website and CD-ROM.This booklet offers a small selection of the many resources available, from books and maps, to original items such as oral history tapes and transcripts, university theses, and local authority documents.

General History

BIRDSALL, Michael (et al) B 942 BIRA Century of BradfordSutton Publishing, 2000.The Illustrated History of Bradford’sSuburbs. Breedon Books, 2002Two photographic histories: thechanging city itself, and the smallercommunities that form MetropolitanBradford. CBMDC B 942 BRABradford: A Centenary City. 1997Compiled for the hundred yearanniversary of Bradford becoming acity. Features and photographs onarchitecture, textile industry, famousBradfordians, and education.GREENHALF, Jim B 942 GREIt’s A Mean Old Scene: a history ofmodern Bradford from 1974. 2002Essays on key aspects of Bradfordhistory since the mid-seventies, writtenby Telegraph and Argus journalist JimGreenhalf. Topics include Thatcher,recession, Bradford City fire, andcampaigns such as ‘Bradford’sBouncing Back’.HIRD, Horace B 352 HIRHow A City Grows: Historical Noteson Bradford and its Corporation. 1966Covers first half of twentieth centuryfrom 1882. Local historian andcouncillor Hird continues from WilliamCudworth’s Historical Notes on theBradford Corporation, 1882.

JAMES, David B 942 JAMBradford (Town and City Histories)Ryburn Publishing, 1990Former Bradford District Archivist David James presents a history of Bradford into the early twentieth century (up to World War Two), covering trade, employment, politics and local government, war, and achapter on Bradford after 1939. Includes photographs.RICHARDSON, C B 914.2817 RICA Geography of BradfordUniversity of Bradford, 1976The Bradford Region:Studies In Its Human GeographyBradford Libraries Archives andInformation Service, 2002A detailed study of Bradford’s urbangeography, up to and including theindustrial climate of the 1970s.Features chapters on 1960sredevelopment, immigration, and ‘urban morphology’. Followed and expanded on by ‘The Bradford Region’, focusing on changes in population within the larger Metropolitan District, including Airedale and Wharfedale. Two academic texts with supportinggraphics, excellent bibliographies,and suggestions for further reading.

TELEGRAPH & ARGUS B 942 TELStories of the CenturyBreedon Books, 1999One hundred years of Bradford news,told through archived articles. Eachyear of the twentieth century isencapsulated in an important localstory, mirroring the national concernsand events of the time.Further sources:The 1901 Census is the latestdetailed population survey available,as every census taken is confidentialfor one hundred years. The LocalStudies Library holds a street indexfor the Metropolitan District, and asurname index is available throughthe library’s subscription towww.ancestrylibrary.com. Copiesfrom the Census can be printed online,or taken from microfiche at the library.Census information can be used tolearn about family history, and alsoabout the social and geographicalbackground of an area. Local Studiesprovides access to the statistical tablesproduced by national government andlocal authority departments, including2001 online at:www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001From 1971, these statistics have beenanalysed to give an idea of ‘districttrends’, so that local authoritiesunderstand which areas require mostattention.We hold both general figuresfor Yorkshire, and processed statisticsfor the Metropolitan area in print form.We also hold the agendas, minutes,and reports of Bradford Council andits committees, from 1895 to thepresent day. An electronic version isnow online at www.bradford.gov.uk,from 1999.Street and Trade Directories, asproduced by Kellys and the Post Office, are also available for the first

half of the twentieth century, plus telephone directories for later years.Our maps of the area include a fullrange of Ordnance Survey scales anddates for the Metropolitan District, fromthe first edition in 1852 to presentelectronic updates.We also hold acollection of original maps, such as thesale plan for the Earl of Rosse’s Heaton and Shipley Estates 1911 (HEA 1911SMI) and various editions of the Goad Insurance plans.The people, events, and buildings ofBradford in the twentieth century arealso covered in our extensive collectionof illustrations, including aerialphotographs from the 1930s and1970s.

Community and Social History

BARRETT, Mary Brown B 920 BARIn Her Clogs and Her Shawl:A Working Class Childhood 1902-1914The auto-biographical account of aworking-class girl growing up in the streets behind Listers Mill, Bradford, during the early twentieth century. An unpublished transcript describing the house, the street, food, and mill life familiar to her. Written for her own children.THE BRADFORD CONGRESSB 301.158 BRAThe Bradford Commission ReportHMSO, 1996A report based on an inquiry into the1995 Manningham riots. Chapters include Bradford’s population; a detailed examination of the events of 9-11 June 1995; consequences of the riots; the role of the public services; and local politics.

GELDART, J.R. B 333.337 GELThe Changing Conditions ofWorking Class Housing in Bradford1870-1970. 1975An academic study of one hundredyears of housing in Bradford. Conditions, statistics, changes anddevelopment, legislation, plus types of housing (including council housing).SEWELL,Thomas B 331.833 SEWProgressive ReconditioningWm. Byles and Sons, 1937An illustrated pre-World War Twoapproach for improving the standardof living in Bradford, by modifyingback-to-back housing. Bradford is rich in Local History Groups, many of which have produced numerous booklets describing life in their own neighbourhood from within living memory. For example:

EAST BOWLING HISTORYWORKSHOP B 942 EASEchoes FromThe Past:Other Reflections 1985Memories of life in Bradford in theyears between the two World Wars,from members of this pioneeringHistory Workshop Group.Contains a chapter on Florence White,who fought for a change in women’spensions. The many ‘spinsters’remaining after World War One paidtheir National Insurance contributions,but were often unable to claim back themoney they were entitled to, as longand arduous working lives meant thatmost did not reach the requiredpension age of 65 years. FlorenceWhite established the NationalSpinsters’ Pension Association, andcampaigned to introduce contributorypensions at 55 years for unmarriedwomen. Petitions were signed, a

motion carried, and the pension age of 60 for all women was eventually introduced.Original source:The papers of Florence White and the National Spinsters’ Pension Association are deposited in the Bradford office of the West Yorkshire Archives Service. LEEDS UNIVERSITY B 942 LEEQueensbury: Our Memories Our HistoryPioneer Work Publications, 1985Oral history and photographs.A project by retired communitymembers, discussing education,employment (textiles), and health,from within living memoryOral History Collection:Primary source material, plus agrowing collection of books andjournals, providing first-handinformation on the people and historyof Metropolitan Bradford, as well as onhow to access and utilise such uniqueresources. General subjects includeBradford’s textile community, European, Asian, and Afro-Caribbeancommunities, and Bradford during theWorld Wars. Sources such asreminiscences, recorded life storyinterviews and transcripts, andphotographs provide a personalapproach to local history

Education

BRADFORD CORPORATIONB 370.942 BRAEducation in Bradford Since 1870Educational Services CommitteeBradford Corporation, 1970Written by teachers to celebrate thecentenary year of Forster’s EducationAct, which made Bradford a pioneering

city in the education field. Includeschapters on special education.(See also The handbooks of thevarious Education Weeks held in theCity of Bradford, 1926, 1951, etc. B 370 COR)BRADFORD EDUCATIONCOMMITTEE B 379 GENGeneral Survey 1920-27 1927A study into how the early financialprosperity of the 1920s, and then theDepression that followed, affected thedevelopment of education and therunning of schools in Bradford. The survey examined the statistics and resources of schools in Bradford, from elementary to further education, and also special needs and nurseryschools.

CHIGNELL, M.E. B 372.2 CHIThe Nursery School, Bradford [St. Anne’s Nursery School,Broomfields] No date.An account of a day’s activities at anursery in an impoverished area ofBradford.Written in the early 1920s,this slim publication provides ahistorical and social study of theresources available at the time fordisadvantaged pre-school childrenOriginal source.CITY OF BRADFORDMETROPOLITAN COUNCILB 371.262 CITExamination Results, GCSE andA-Level Gender and Ethnic GroupAnalysis. 1996.McELROY, P.M. B 373.42817 MACThe view from a multi-cultural innercity girls’ schoolTaken from: Education Journal,January 1985, p. 6-9. Original sources:We also hold a small archive of school

magazines, such as BradfordGrammar’s The Bradfordian andThornton Grammar’s The Thorntonian,plus several histories of individualschools. Donations are always welcome, from whatever year of publication.The Local Studies Library also holdscouncil reports on education, plus allindividual OFSTED reports for schoolswithin the Metropolitan district area.We maintain a growing collection ofuniversity dissertations and theses,and are always happy to add to ourstock the results of research, at anylevel, such as:PRESSLEY, James B 001.2 PREAspects of the Half-Time System inBradford and District 1870-1922MA Thesis, University of Lancaster,1994 (Unpublished).

Entertainment and Sport

ARNOLD, A.J. B 796.334 ARNA Game That Would Pay:A Business History of ProfessionalFootball in Bradford.Duckworth, 1988A financial and practical analysis ofprofessional football in Bradford,charting the initial success and gradualdecline of Bradford City and BradfordPark Avenue football clubs.Further Reading – Histories of BradfordCity Football Club, Bradford ParkAvenue, and Bradford Bulls RugbyLeague team, amongst others.

BRADFORD CITY CENTREMANAGEMENT B 791.43 BRACity of Bradford Cinema HeritageTrail. 1999A guide to Bradford’s cinemas and filmlocations, past and present. Lists sites

for films such as Billy Liar and Roomat the Top. Includes illustrations and a map.CITY OF BRADFORDMETROPOLITAN COUNCILB 361.56 CITOut of the Valley: BradfordMetropolitan District Council’sResponse to the Bradford City FireDisaster 1985-1986. 1986A review of the immediate reactions ofthe Council and media after the fire atValley Parade in May 1985, where 56people lost their lives. Also includes achapter on the appeal to support thesurvivors and the victims’ families.GATE, Robert B 796.333 GAT“There Were a Lot More Than That”:Odsal 1954. 1994An account of the 1954 Challenge CupFinal between Halifax and Warrington,when an estimated 100,000 fansarrived at Odsal to watch the action.There could even have been up to 150,000 spectators! Statistics, photographs, and eye witness accounts.Original source:Files of newspaper cuttings on theOdsal Stadium redevelopment HOLDSWORTH, Peter B 792 HOLDomes of DelightBradford Libraries and InformationService, 1989A history of the Alhambra theatre, builtin 1914 for Francis Laidler; from itspantomime heyday to the 1980sOriginal source:Local press cuttings on the Alhambratheatre including volumes donated bythe Alhambra dating from 1916, and asubstantial personal collection fromPeter Holdsworth on local theatreproductions and artistes

LISTER, Derek J.Bradford’s Rock ‘n’ RollBradford Libraries and InformationService, 1991DJ Derek Lister’s personal experiencesof rock ‘n’ roll in Bradford, from 1959 to1965. Photographs, listings anddescriptions of artists and groups, andof where they performed around the city.

NOWELL, G.F.H. B 027.4 NOWBradford City Libraries 1872-1972A history of public libraries in Bradford,from the first Bradford Free Library in1872 to the opening of Central Libraryin 1967. IllustratedUnique Resources:We hold a growing archive ofprogrammes and official publications,covering events such as footballmatches, theatre productions, and localexhibitions, and we of course welcomeany future donations. The Local Studies Library contains further resources on local attractions such as the Bradford Industrial Museum, the National Media Museum, andCartwright Hall, including publicationsand newspaper articles of the time.As examples, we have an originalprogramme from the 1904 Exhibition at Cartwright Hall, and a brochure fromthe opening of the National Museum.

Health

BLIGH, Margaret B 920 EURDr Eurlich of Bradford1960A personal and professional history ofDr. Frederick William Eurich, written byhis daughter. Eurich was a Germanimmigrant who was raised in Bradfordand later lived in Ilkley. He risked his life to discover the source of the

sudden deaths in the wool trade, identifying, and later eradicating through disinfection, the anthrax bacteria.BRADFORD COUNCIL OFSOCIAL SERVICE B 360 BRAThe Texture of Welfare:A Survey of Social Service inBradford 1923A study of Bradford’s social services inthe early 1920s. Includes a brief historyof Bradford’s development up to thatpoint, plus details of the variousservices in the area, covering health,education, poverty, employment, andrecreation, etc. Original sources:

ROWE, J. Hambley B 942 ROWB.M.A. 92ND Annual Meeting, BradfordJuly 1924. The Book of BradfordCollection of essays compiled for theBritish Medical Association on differentaspects of Bradford. Topics includeindustry, famous people, buildings(mainly hospitals), geology, plant life,etc. Also contains two articles by pastBradford librarians Butler Wood andW.H. Barraclough. Report of the Work of the FemaleSanitary Inspectors 1902-11B 614 FEMEmployed by the Bradford Corporation,the Female Sanitary Inspectorsrecorded the progress of women withyoung families who lived in the poorer,back-to-back housing areas of Bradford. Reports on Bradford’s two main hospitals, plus developments in local health care.An Experiment in Municipalisation: St. Luke’s Hospital Bradford, 1918-1921, an unpublished research paper by Paul Etherington from 1985. Handing control of hospitals to local

government was the concept of Dr. John Buchan, Medical Officer of Health for Bradford from 1913. The Ministry of Health, then only recently established, was influenced by Buchan’s vision after a report on Bradford’s progress. From 1876 to nearly one hundred yearslater, Medical Officer of Health Re-ports were produced, documenting the standard of the city’s health care. In1972, these became the Annual Reports of the Director of Public Health. The Local Studies Library holdsa full compliment of these documents,as well as Area Health AuthorityReports, minutes and agendas.Bradford Infirmary Reports – Mainlyfinancial, documenting subscribers anddonations made to the voluntaryhospital, these reports also featuretallies of patients and details ofoperations for each year. The LocalStudies Library holds volumes from themid-nineteenth century to theintroduction of the NHS in the 1940s.We also hold contemporary reports onthe smallpox epidemic in the 1960s.

Multicultural City

BRADFORD HERITAGE RECORDING UNIT O.H. 942 BRADestination Bradford: A Century of ImmigrationBradford Libraries and InformationService, 1987.Oral history, with photographs.Reminiscences/recollections ofimmigrants who came to Bradford inthe 1950s and 1960s. An excellentintroduction provides a concise overview.

BRADFORD HERITAGE RECORDING UNIT O.H.301.451Here To Stay: Bradford’s SouthAsian Communities CBMC/AML, 1994Oral history, with photographs.Memories, experiences, and opinionsgleaned from oral history interviewswith different generations fromBradford’s South Asian communities,collected by the BHRU. BRADFORD VISION B 301.451 BRACommunity Pride Not Prejudice:Making DiversityWork in Bradford2001.Report commissioned by BradfordCouncil from Sir Herman Ouseley andhis review team, examining Bradford’srace relations and suggesting possibleways for improvement. Published afterthe riots in 2001, but not as a directresult of the unrest. There are also numerous sources on other cultures in Bradford, such as Afro-Caribbean, Irish, Welsh, Italian, and Eastern European. These include background and personal histories, cultural influences, as well as clubs andassociations. For example:ROBERTS, Glyndwr G.B 301.451 ROBHistory of Bradford and DistrictSaint David’s Society 1902-20022002.A history of the Bradford branch ofSaint David’s Society, celebrating theircentenary. Includes chapters on keyevents in the city, personalities of theSociety, and connections with otherbranches. With photographs.

Politics

The Local Studies Library has a widecollection of the biographies of politicalfigures who have connections withBradford, such as:

BROCKWAY, Fenner B 920 JOWSocialism Over SixtyYears:The Life of Jowett of BradfordNational Labour Press Ltd., 1946A biography of Fred Jowett, Bradfordcouncillor and first Labour politician,and a history of the Socialist movementin Britain. Preface by J.B. Priestley.B 920 CRYBoldness Be My Friend:Remembering Bob Cryer M.P.Bradford Libraries, 1996A collection of memories, tributes, andphotographs devoted to the BradfordMP, who died in 1994. Includespersonal perspectives on differentchapters in his life, including hobbiesand political campaigns, contributed byclose friends and family.

SILVER, Eric B 920 FEAVictor Feather T.U.C. Gollancz Ltd,1973. Contemporary biography ofVictor Feather, general secretary of theTrades Union Congress in the latesixties and early seventies. Feather wasn born and raised in Bradford, which is also the birthplace of the Independent Labour Party. Early chapters focus on his upbringing in the city.Further sources: There are alsobiographies for Barbara Castle, Dennis Healey, and other famous names from the area.

ASHRAF, Mary B 331.88 ASHBradford Trades Council 1872-19721972. First of an intended two volumes on thehistory of the Bradford Trades Council,from its inception in 1872 up until 1926.As far as we know, the second volumewas never published.Written for thecentenary of the Trades Council.Illustrated.JOWITT, J.A. B 329.941 JOWBradford 1890-1914:The Cradle ofthe Independent Labour PartyBradford Centre Occasional PapersNo. 2. October 1980Collection of papers first presented aspublic lectures during the lateseventies. Topics include: the TradeUnions and the Independent LabourParty; Socialism and the City; and aperspective on 100 years of ‘Labour,Socialism, and the New Life’ from thelate 1890s to 1980. Comprehensiveessays on Bradford’s role in Socialismand the Labour party.Original source:The Local Studies Library holds nearlya complete run of Bradford TradesCouncil Yearbooks, spanning from1899 to 1972.We also collect manifestos and localpolitical leaflets.

Trade and Industry

BEAVER, Patrick B 658.872 BEAA Pedlar’s Legacy:The Origins andHistory of Empire Stores 1831 – 1981Henry Melland, 1981A history of Empire Stores, the mail order company started by the Fattorinis. Illustrated.

BRADFORD HERITAGERECORDING UNIT B 338.476773 BRATextile Voices: Mill Life This CenturyEd: Olive HowarthBradford Libraries and InformationService, 1989Oral history interviews recounting thepersonal experiences of those whoworked in textiles in Bradford. Includeschapters on women in the mill,imported labour, and social life.With photographs.GREENHALF, Jim B 942 GRESalt and Silver: A Story of HopeBradford Libraries, 1998Two men, one mill. Over a century afterSir Titus Salt had founded his textileempire and workers’ village, JonathanSilver invested in transforming SaltsMill into a successful business venture.Biographical details of both men, plusthe story of Silver’s bid to create an artgallery and technological base in theold mill building. Illustrated.

MITCHELL, GrahamB 338.4767731 MIT. 1999Whiteheads RevisitedA recent history of W. and J.Whitehead, an old Bradford family firm,written by a retired executive director.ODDY, Ken B 072 ODDRead All About It: The Story ofBradford’s Telegraph and Argus1868-1981Illustrated history of Bradford’snewspaper; including its predecessors,the Bradford Daily Telegraph and theDaily Argus. A look back at the menbehind the Telegraph, the machinerythat produced the paper, and sometopical stories covered over onehundred and twenty years of local

news. Produced to mark the opening of the newspaper’s new press hall in 1981. SAVE BRITAIN’S HERITAGEB 725.409428 POWPennine Mill TrailCompiled by Ken PowellA guide to examples of mill architecturearound Yorkshire and Lancashire.Includes brief histories of textile mills inand around Bradford, Halifax, Keighley,and Leeds. Illustrated.WATMOUGH, J.E. B 338.476862 WATWatmoughs 1888 to 19651989A history of the Bradford-based printingcompany, compiled to mark theircentenary. Important events taken fromcompany minutes are listed to give aconcise and objective chronicle, datingfrom 1888 to 1965, when Watmoughsbecame a public company. Illustrated.Original sources:One direct way of learning aboutBradford’s textile manufacturing historyis through the many textile journals ofthe time. The Library holds a widerange of titles, including the Journal ofthe Bradford Textile Society, TextileRecorder, and Textile World Journal,from the late nineteenth centurythrough the decline of the trade in thetwentieth century. Such historicalarticles chart the development of theindustry, and provide an overview of the progress of cities like Bradford.When the mills were no longer beingused for their primary purpose, towardsthe end of the twentieth century,Bradford hoped to recycle the buildingsas alternative resources. Local Studiesholds a copy of the sales catalogue for Salts Mill from 1986, as well as material on Saltaire as a World Heritage Site.We also have

newscuttings on the Listers Mill development. Some Bradford success stories, such as the Morrisons supermarket chain, are also covered, with extensive newscuttings files.

Transport

CLARK, Paul andNANKIVELL, Edmund B 629.2222 JOWThe Complete Jowett HistoryGT Foulis, 1991A detailed and illustrated history ofJowett Cars Ltd., the Bradford-basedcar manufacturers. Brothers Williamand Benjamin went into business afterthe First World War, and their visionremained a key factor in both Bradford’s trade and Britain’s car industry until the firm’s demise in the 1960s.CLEW, Jeff B 629.2275 CLEThe Scott Motorcycle:The Yowling Two-StrokeGT Foulis, 1974The story of Alfred Angas Scott’svertical two-stroke engine motorcycle,created and built in Manningham in theearly years of the twentieth century.KING, Stanley B 388.41322 KINBradford TrolleybusesVenture Publications, 1994A nostalgic history written by StanleyKing, Bradford Councillor and formerLord Mayor. An enthusiast’s account ofthe city’s trolleybuses, which ran from1911 to 1972.With illustrations.Original sources:The Local Studies Library holdscollections of newspaper articles fromlocal and some national newspapers on recent contemporary concerns of the area.We have subject files on theWorth Valley Railway, Leeds Bradford

Airport, the Interchange, and the AireValley Trunk Road, amongst othertopics. We also hold a collection of timetables, and reports from the Transport Committee, as well as leaflets and brochures on subjects such as the redevelopment of the Interchange.

Bradford at War

ECCLESHILL LOCALHISTORY GROUP B 942 ECCHowThe Copper Kettle Got Its Dentand Other Stories of Home andService Life 1939-1945. 1995Oral history accounts of World War Two from Eccleshill residents (See also The Salmon Run, B 942 ECC, for further wartime reminiscences).HUDSON, Ralph N B 940.4144 HUDThe Bradford Pals (3rd Edition)Bradford Libraries, 1998World War One experiences of the 16th and 18th Battalions of the Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment, August 1914 to February 1918.War diaries, reminiscences, photographs.TEMPEST, E.V.B 355.31094274 TEMHistory of the Sixth Battalion West Yorkshire RegimentVolume 1: 1/6th Battalion(GREGORY, E. C.,Volume 2: 2/6th Battalion)Percy Lund Humphries, 1921 and 1923. Two-volume history of the SixthBattalion and its reserve, localvolunteers based at the Belle Vuebarracks who were sent into thetrenches in 1915 and 1917. Includesillustrations and pull-out maps.

Original sources:Thanks to Duncan Lodge and theBradford Family History Society, wehold three unique indexes of theservicemen lost in the two World Wars,covering the Imperial War GravesCommission records and localnewspapers. For the Great War, notices from the Bradford Weekly Telegraph have been listed in an index entitled ‘Our Gallant Heroes’. For both wars, details of Bradford servicemen and women in the Imperial War GravesCommission volumes have beenreferenced. And for World War Two, wehave the Index to Servicemen andWomen, a catalogue of notices fromthe Telegraph and Argus.We also hold the original Roll ofHonour for Bradford, compiled by thelocal authority, plus a published volumefrom the National Roll of Honourlisting those men from Bradford whoserved in the Great War.

Other Sources of Information

Pennine and Yorkshire Studies UnitGeorge Sheeran, PhD (Head of Unit)School of Lifelong Education and DevelopmentUniversity of BradfordBradford BD7 1DPE-mail: learning@bradford.ac.ukCourses, day schools, and lectures on the history of Bradford.The Bradford Industrial MuseumMoorside Road, Bradford BD2 3HPEmail: bim.reception@bradford.gov.ukThe museum provides a fascinatinginsight into living and workingconditions in nineteenth and twentiethcentury Bradford, including Jowettcars, Scott motorcycles, and1940s house, among other exhibits.

The wording in this publication can be made available in other formats such as large print or Braille. Please call: 01274 430000

Local Studies LibraryCentral LibraryPrince’s Way Bradford BD1 1NNTelephone: 01274 433661E-mail: local.studies@bradford.gov.uk

Keighley, Bingley, Shipley, and Ilkley Libraries also hold collections ofmaterial relating to Bradford in the twentieth century, and can providefurther information on their respective communities.

Keighley LibraryNorth Street, Keighley BD21 3SXTelephone: 01535 618215E-mail: keighley.library@bradford.gov.uk

Bingley LibraryMyrtle Walk, Bingley BD16 1AWTelephone: 01274 438780E-mail: bingley.library@bradford.gov.uk

Shipley Library2 Wellcroft, Shipley BD18 3QHTelephone: 01274 437150E-mail: shipley.library@bradford.gov.uk

Ilkley LibraryStation Road, Ilkley LS29 8HATelephone: 01943 436225/231E-mail: ilkley.library@bradford.gov.uk

Bradford ArchivesWest Yorkshire Archive ServiceBradford Central LibraryPrince’s Way, Bradford BD1 1NNE-mail: bradford@wyjs.org.ukThe Archive Service hold extensiverecords of official, ecclesiastical,business, political, trade union, family and estate documents. There are also many papers about individuals, such as letters, diaries, reminiscences, and pedigrees.

For details on how to contact LocalHistory Groups involved in recordingtheir own areas of the district throughliving memories, there is a list ofaddresses available in the LocalStudies Library.

Bradford Memory Bank andCommunity History Archivec/o Local StudiesBradford Central LibraryPrince’s Way, Bradford BD1 1NNThe Local Studies Library is alwayskeen to accept further donations, from research papers at any level to primary source material of local interest, such as school magazines and sports programmes, original publications and images for the Memory Bank.