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)	Contributury State Pension scheme introduced
International	USA - Calvin Coolidge	Rudolph Valentino died (23/8)
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 (19/7)  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 (7/8)  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 (14/10)	Metropolis - directed by Fritz Lang Ben Hur

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	Jerome K, Jerome died (14/6)
Sport	FA - Cardiff (Arsenal) RLCC - Oldham (Swinton)	1st - Newcastle United (Huddersfield) RL - St Helens Rec (Swinton) RL - Swinton (St Helens Rec) - playoffs
Firsts	BBC Royal Charter (1/1) Live radio football commentary - Arsenal v Sheffield United (22/2)	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	Double-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) Bettys Ballroom opened	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 (11/1)
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 fly across 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 MGM Logo (31/7)	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} Extensions to Children's Hospital opened by Princess Mary (4/4)	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 Institute founded Marks & Spencer - 38/40 Darley Street Transport Inquiry : Trams to trolley buses (11/4)	Lord Mayor - Argus Hardy Rhodes Royal visit - Prince of Wales [King Edward VIII] T&A Nignog childrens club Double decker motorbus enters service Bradford City 1P (D3) - Avenue 3 (D2) - Northern 28 (RL)
National	PM - J Ramsay MacDonald - Lab {1931}  Growth of the telephone service (11/4)	Votes given to women over the age of 21 (29/3)
International	USA - Herbert Hoover "Wall Street Crash" (24-29/3)  Karl Benz died (4/4)	St Valentine's Day Massacre, Chicago (14/2)  Lily Langtry died (12/2)
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

1930s

Local

Shipley Town Guide (Flickr)

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 Margaret McMillan died (29/3)	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) List of cinemas Bradford City 10 (D2) - Avenue 6 (D2) - Northern 28 (RL)
National	PM - J Ramsay Macdonald - Nat Gov {1935}  Dixie Dean's 200th league goal for Everton (4/4)	New Party formed by Oswald Mosley
International	Al Capone jailed for tax evasion - 11 years (25/10)  Anna Pavlova died (23/1)	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 introduces 33 1/3 rpm records Abbey Road recording studios, London	Stereo recording patented - Alan Blumlein Highway Code (14/4)  Sadler's Wells Theatre, London (6/1)
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	City Greyhound Stadium, Legrams Lane (15/8) {1965} Co-op Assembly Hall, Southgate Glenroyal cinema, Shipley (5/9) {1962} [Souvenir Programme - Flickr]	Swain House school St Peter (RC) church
Events	Plans passed for Emporium, Sunbridge Road Bradford's debt is £68 per head of population Grand Picture House closed (30/4)	Lord Mayor - John William Longley Freeman - Frederick Delius (23/7) Shipley cinema closed (31/8) Bradford City 7 (D2) - Avenue 6 (D2) - 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)  Rin Tin Tin died (10/8)	Andre Michelin died (4/4)  Amelia Earhart Solo Flight Across The Atlantic (25/8)
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  George V - Christmas broadcast	Route 66 completed - Chicago to Los Angeles Sydney Harbour Bridge (19/3)
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 Dettol

1933

Architecture	Bradford College extension (7/10) YMCA extension, Canal Road Britannia House	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	Sir Henry Royce died (22/4)
International	USA - Franklin D Roosevelt Adolph Hitler appointed 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 (1/9) Odsal Stadium - Opening Ceremony Ticket (1/9)  Brown, Muff store extended Grattan, Ingleby Road	Ideal Ballroom, Bankfoot {1964} Broadway
Events	Bradford Northern v Huddersfield Great Yorkshire Show - Thornbury (10/7) Plans adopted to demolish 20,000 slum houses First buses converted to diesel Fire at Woolcombers, Hall Lane (27/3)	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		Peterborough United FC turned professional
International	Hitler appointed president of Germany German Election Result (19/8)  Gustav Holst died (29/5)	Bonnie & Clyde killed in an ambush (23/5)  John Dillinger killed in Chicago (22/7)
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)	T.E. Shaw - Lawrence of Arabia died (19/5)
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] Nylon fibre	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) Sir James Hill died (17/1)	Lord Mayor - George R Carter Bradford baseball team formed {1939} (27/3)  "Old" Bradford Infirmary closed Bradford City 12 (D2) - Avenue 16 (D2) - Northern 19 (RL)
National	George V died (20/1)  Abdication of King Edward VIII  Duke of York became George VI {1952} New fighter will be named the Spitfire (2/7)	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 (2/8)	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) Musgrave Homes (8/3)	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	Official Town Guide (Flickr) 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 Duke of Windsor marries in Paris (3/6)	George VI coronation (12/5)  999 phone number introduced Sir James Barrie died (19/6)
International	USA - Franklin D Roosevelt Zeppelin Hindenburg crashed in New York (6/5)  Irish Free State becomes Eire (29/12) Jean Harlow died (7/6)	Amelia Earhart disappeared (2/7) Japanese - Chinese war Golden Gate Bridge (27/4)  George Gershwin died (11/7)
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 - The Times book review (21/9)	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, Manchester Road (17/12) {1969} (Flickr) 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	Len Hutton scores 364 (23/8)	"peace in our time" - Neville Chamberlain (30/9)
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 Picture Post
Products	Cadbury's Roses chocolates

1939

Architecture	Ritz cinema, Broadway (8/5) {1987} (Flickr) Alterations to Lido, Manningham Park - terraces, diving board, water chutes	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) Harris Street mill fire (1/3)  Bradford City 3 (D3) - Avenue 17 (D2) - Northern 16 (RL)
National	Building Societies Act  Precautions against war dangers (9/3)	Howard Carter died (2/3)  Conscription introduced
International	World War II (3/9) {1945}  Battle of the River Plate : Graf Spee (12/12)	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 Wizard of Oz
Products	Nescafe instant coffee	Parker 51 pen

1940

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 bombed (31/8) George Formby appears at the Alhambra Christ Church, Eldon Place closed Street List - Air Raid Shelters - Buses	Lord Mayor - William Illingworth Preparations to evacuate 8000 children Esholt station closed (28/10) Northern 1 (RL) City & Avenue consider ground share (10/1)
National	PM - Winston Churchill - Coalition {1945} George Cross award instituted (23/9) Rudolph Hess escapes to Britain (10/5)    Ministry of Food - Food Facts No. 6 (?/9) Food Rationing begins (8/1) John Lennon born (9/10) Battle of Britain	Churchill - "This was their finest hour" speech (18/6)  Churchill - "Never in the field of human conflict" speech (20/8)  Newspapers - January Newspapers - February Newspapers - March Newspapers - April Newspapers - May
International	Dunkirk evacuation (3-4/6)  France surrenders (25/6) Leon Trotsky died (22/8)	Walter P. Chrysler died (19/8)  Tom Mix died (12/10)
Sport		RL - Bradford Northern (Huddersfield) - Yorks RL - Swinton (Salford) - Lancs RL - Bradford Northern (Swinton) - playoffs
Firsts
Arts/Media	Captain Marvel

1941

Architecture
Events	Air Raid (14/3) German bomber crashed in Idle (?/5) An Information Guide For Use After Air Raids	Lord Mayor - LFWS Smith Connaught Rooms fire Manningham Mills fire (1/6)
National	Amy Johnson died  (5/1)  Sir Arthur Evans died (11/7)  Utility scheme for retail goods	Virginia Woolf died (28/3)  Ministry of Food - Food Facts No. 69
International	USA - Franklin D Roosevelt  Mount Rushmore, South Dakota Sinking of the Bismarck (27/5)	Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour (7/12)    Britain & USA declare war on Japan (8/12)
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

1942

Architecture	Jowett Car Factory {ceased production 1953} (Flickr)
Events	Royal visit - King George VI (26/3) First female taxi driver List of Cinemas	Lord Mayor - James Harrison Freeman - Joseph Stringer (5/11) Northern 2 (RL)
National	Beveridge |Report published (1/12)	Rationing : New points values for foods (1/6)  Sweets & chocolate rationing (26/7)
International	Battle of El Alamein	1000 bomber raid on Cologne (30/5)
Sport	RLCC - Leeds (Halifax)	RL - Dewsbury (Bradford Northern) RL - Dewsbury (Bradford Northern) - playoffs
Firsts	UK television license issued (1/6)	Dried egg
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  London Symphony Orchestra at the Princes Theatre (6&9/4)	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) Sinking of the Tirpitz (12/11)	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) United Nations founded (24/10)  Vidkun Quisling executed (24/10)  Germany surrenders (7/5)	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)  B-25 bomber crashes into Empire State Building (28/7)
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) BBC  Light Programme (29/7)
Arts/Media	Animal Farm - George Orwell

1946

Architecture	Valley Road Power Station extended
Events	Bradford City Manager - Jack Barker {1947} City centre flooded (20/9)  CH Wood - Sodium lighting - RAF  Alhambra - Henry Hall (23/09)  Prince's Theatre - The Cure For Love (25/11)	Lord Mayor - Thomas Illingworth Clough Northern 4 (RL)
National	H.G. Wells died (13/8)  Winston Churchill "Iron Curtain" speech (5/3)	Cambridge United FC turned professional Disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton (9/3)
International	Italy declared a republic (11/6) Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Company founded (Sony)	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 Challenge Cup (3/5)	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) Stanley Baldwin died (14/12)	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) Pantomime - Red Riding Hood
National	Railway nationalisation  SS Windrush from Jamaica	National Health Service (5/7)
International	Sri Lanka (Ceylon) gained independence (4/2)	Ghandi died (30/1)
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 (Wikipedia) 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 (11/4) {29/1/1956}(external link} 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 (15/3)  Eire declared Republic of Ireland (18/4)	Oxford United FC turned professional Issue of new petrol coupons (28/4)
International	USA - Harry S Truman	Margaret Mitchell died (16/8)
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 BBC tv weather forecast (29/7)	NATO founded (4/4)
Arts/Media	1984 - George Orwell	South Pacific - stage musical USA (7/4)
Products	Lego - Ole Chritiansen  Tipped Woodbine, Capstan, Gold Flake - cigarettes	Seabrook Crisps (website)