1950

Events	Fire Canal Road/Forster Square  - YMCA (8/6) Last tram service - car 104 (6/5) Bingley Coumcil proposes by-pass Jowett Cars - Jupiter sports car  The Park, Harrogate Road - community centre (12/6) Cliffe Castle donated to Keighley by Sir Bracewell Smith	Lord Mayor - Alton Ward New Victoria cinema changed name to Gaumont Coal seam exposed in Tyersal Lane Rugby League in schools - 12 month trial Wool Record & Textile World Magazine Bradford City 19 (D3) - Avenue 22R (D2) - Northern 21 (RL)
National	Petrol rationing ended (26/5) Soap rationing ended (9/9) Klaus Fuchs found guilty of spying Link between cigarettes and cancer established Timothy Evans hanged for murder (9/3) England beaten by USA in World Cup (28/6) (Wikipedia) Edgar Rice Burroughs died (19/3)	Legal Aid introduced Coronation Stone stolen from Westminster (31/12) George Bernard Shaw died (2/11) George Orwell died (21/1) Princess Anne born (15/8) Ark Royal launched (4/5) Proposal to charge 1 shilling for prescriptions
International	India became a republic (26/1) Vaslav Nijinsky died (8/4)	Korean War started {1953}
Sport	FA - Arsenal (Liverpool) WC - Uruguay (Brazil) - Brazil RLCC - Warrington (Widnes)	1st - Portsmouth (Wolverhampton) RL - Wigan (Huddersfield) RL - Wigan (Huddersfield) - playoffs F1 - Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo)
Firsts	Gas turbine powered car - Rover Kidney transplant - Chicago (17/6) Farnborough Air Show (7/7)	J Sainsbury self-service store Xerox copy machine invented F1 race - Silverstone (13/5)
Arts/Media	Educating Archie - BBC radio (06/06) The Archers - BBC radio (Midland Region) (Pilot) Andy Pandy - BBC childrens tv (11/7) Cinderella (Disney)	The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe - CS Lewis Treasure Island - Walt Disney Eagle - comic (14/4)

1951

Architecture	Ravenscliffe Infants school	Bridge across River Aire, Myrtle Park, Bingley (8/6)
Events	Population 292,405 Festival of Sport - Cooperative Hall (2/3) Bentlet Street wool warehouse fire Market Rights and Leasehold purchased by Corporation (20/3) 700th Anniversary of Markets Charter [Yorkshire Film Archive] Holme Moss television transmitter	Lord Mayor - Horace Hird Bowling Junction station closed (3/12) Floodlit game at Odsal - first outside London (24/10) Price of Telegraph & Argus increased to 2d (7/5) Bradford City 7 (D3) - Avenue 6 (D3) - Northern 14 (RL) Peak District - first National Park (17/4)
National	PM - Winston Churchill - Con {1955} Burgess & Maclean escaped to Russia Ivor Novello died (6/3) Pension payable at 60/65 - proposal was 65/70	Festival of Britain (3/5) Nationalisation of railways (1/1) Coronation Stone found at Forfar
International	Suez Canal Zone seized by British troops Egypt rejects peace treaty with Britain	Korea captured by communists
Sport	FA - Newcastle United (Blackpool) RLCC - Wigan (Barrow)	1st - Tottenham (Manchester United) RL - Warrington (Wigan) RL - Workington (Warrington) - playoffs F1 - Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa Romeo)
Firsts	Zebra pedestrian crossings United Nations building, New York (9/1)	Hydrogen bomb test - USA, Pacific Ocean (12/5)
Arts/Media	First Party Political Broadcast (15/10) The Archers - BBC radio (National) (1/1) Showboat The Goon Show (Crazy People) (28/5)	Deutsche Grammaphon - 33rpm record Alice in Wonderland - Walt Disney  An American In Paris
Products	Bounty chocolate bar	Ford Zephyr/Zodiac Mk 1 (external link) Ford Console Mk 1 (external link)

1952

Architecture	Buttershaw Infants school Clayton Infants school	Margaret McMillan foundation stone Brookfield school
Events	Zebra crossing in Town Hall Square Empire cinema closed (25/1) Dudley Hill station closed (7/4) Bradford City Manager - Albert Harris {1952} Odsal Top roundabout Bradford Northern win RL title	Lord Mayor - John Shee Horton Park station closed (15/9) St Dunstans station closed (15/9) Cinemas & Theatres (15/2) Bradford City Manager - Ivor Powell {1955} Bradford City 15 (D3) - Avenue 8 (D3) - Northern 1 (RL)
National	King George VI died  (6/2) Princess Elizabeth proclaimed as Queen (6/2) Queen Elizabeth II returns from Kenya (7/2) Queen Elizabeth II publicly proclaimed (8/2) Funeral of King George VI (15/2) Myxomatosis introduced to destroy rabbits	Identity cards abolished (21/2) Flying Enterprise sinks off Falmouth (10/1) Tea rationing ends (3/10) Clean Air Act John Cobb died attempting water speed record (29/9)
International	Kenya - State of Emergency - Mau Mau King Farouk of Egypt abdicated (26/7)	British Atomic bomb test in Australia (3/10) Eva Peron died (26/7)
Sport	FA - Newcastle United (Arsenal) RLCC - Workington (Featherstone) Olympic Games (15th) - Helsinki, Finland	1st - Manchester United (Tottenham) RL - Bradford Northern (Wigan) RL - Wigan (Bradford Northern) - playoffs F1 - Alberto Ascari (Ferrari)
Firsts	Miss World contest Bristol Britannia aircraft maiden flight (16/8)	Adidas used at Olympics (Helsinki) Comet - scheduled flight (2/5)
Arts/Media	Mousetrap - Agatha Christie opened (25/11) MAD magazine New Musical Express (NME) - music paper Singing In The Rain	Sooty tv show Diary of Anne Frank - USA Breakfast tv [NBC] (14/1)
Products	Mr Potato Head - Hasbro Airfix construction set - Golden Hind Scalextric	Matchbox cars - Jack Odell Weber "kettle" barbecue

1953

Architecture	Springfield, Duckworth Lane - Children's Home (11/2)
Events	St George's Hall re-opened (30/9) Jowett cars into liquidation Train crash - Forster Square -1 died (20/5) Wardley 20 year Development Plan (?/9) David Hockney attended School of Art First cross city bus service School crossing (Lollipop) service Alhambra - Reg Dixon & his Variety Showboat (5/10)	Lord Mayor - Angus Crowther Baildon station closed (5/1) Wyke station closed (21/9) Birkenshaw station closed (5/10) Julie Andrews, Alhambra (30/6) Frankie Laine, Gaumont (19/10) Bradford City 16 (D3) - Avenue 7 (D3) - Northern 3 (RL)
National	Queen Elizabeth II coronation (2/6) (Flickr) Queen Mary died (24/3) Royal yacht Britannia launched (16/4)	Sweets rationing ended (5/2) John Christie hanged for murder
International	USA - Dwight D Eisenhower Mount Everest climbed by Hillary & Tensing (29/5) Joseph Stalin died (5/3) Dylan Thomas died, New York (9/11)	Korean War ended (27/7) Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta jailed Kruschev beomes leader of USSR Sergei Prokofiev died (5/3)
Sport	FA - Blackpool (Bolton) - "Matthews Final" RLCC - Huddersfield (St Helens)	1st - Arsenal (Preston) RL - St Helens (Halifax) RL - St Helens (Halifax) - playoffs F1 - Alberto Ascari (Ferrari)
Firsts	DNA identified - Watson & Crick Flashing direction indicators in UK Airfix Kit - Spitfire BTK	Polio vaccine tested [Dr Jonas E Salk] Matchbox cars
Arts/Media	Quatermass Experiment (18/7) - BBC tv Panorama - BBC tv Kiss Me Kate	Guinness -  Toucan trademark Allied Carpets Calamity Jane
Products	Babycham (see also 1993) Polo Fruits Blue Daz - washing powder Polycell	Ford Prefect [£395] Ford Anglia [£360] Birds Eye Fish Sticks [Fingers] (USA)

1954

Architecture	Margaret McMillan college (20/1 Buttershaw Infants school Eccleshill Upper school	Reevy Hill school St Anthonys school Playground - Westgate/Lumb Lane
Events	City Circle bus route (25/7) Royal Visit - Queen Elizabeth II (28/10) (Flickr) Laurel & Hardy at Alhambra Diesel train from Bradford to Leeds Stock car racing, Odsal stadium Thomas William Pierrepont died (10/2)	Lord Mayor - Henry James White 102,569 attendance at Odsal Swan Arcade sold to Arndale Property Trust Cinemas & Theatres (24/10) International Harvesters take over Jowett factory (Flickr) Bradford City 5 (D3) - Avenue 9 (D3) - Northern 9 (RL)
National	Food rationing ended (4/7) Flashing indicators for cars made legal (1/1) Smoking linked to lung cancer (13/2)	Independent Television Act Road Traffic Bill published [MOT tests]
International	USA Atomic bomb tests (1/3)
Sport	FA - West Bromwich Albion (Preston) WC - West Germany (Hungary) - Switzerland RLCC - Warrington (Halifax) Sports Personality - Chris Chataway (Athletics)	1st - Wolverhampton (West Bromwich Albion) RL - Halifax (Warrington) RL - Warrington (Halifax) - playoffs F1 - Juan Manuel Fangio (Mercedes Benz)
Firsts	Roger Bannister - sub 4 minute mile (6/5) Eurovision Television link up (6/6) Report linking smoking & cancer published (12/2)  Lester Piggott's first Derby win (2/6)	Picture cards in Brooke Bond tea Rugby League World Cup [France] Atomic submarine - USS Nautilus (21/1)
Arts/Media	Sports Personality of the Year - BBC tv Marlboro Man - cigarette advert	Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
Products/Prices	Austin Cambridge Kellogs Sugar Frosted Flakes NCR paper - National Cash Register Co	Whisky £1.50 - Monopoly £0.64 - Corgi truck £0.40

1955

Architecture	Rolarena destroyed by fire (13/7) Thorpe Edge Junior school	St John (RC) church Nab Wood Crematorium (11/7)
Events	Hippodrome cinema changed name to Roxy Frances Laidler died (6/1) Proposal for Inner Ring Road Elysian Palace cinema closed (12/3) Darley Street PO moves to Sunbridge Road Radios fitted to Bradford ambulances Bradford City v Chester (8/10) Alhambra - Carl Rosa Opera (17/10)	Lord Mayor - HW Semper (died) - RC Ruth Empress cinema closed (15/7) Wilsden station + all on line closed (23/5) Espresso coffee available at Farmer Giles (19/8) Hammonds Brewery closed Bradford City Manager - Peter Jackson (26/2) {1961} Bradford City 21(D3) - Avenue 16 (D3) - Northern 17(RL)
National	PM - Sir Anthony Eden - Con {1957} Donald Campbell breaks water speed record  Colour television tests	Sir Alexander Fleming died (11/3) Winston Churchill resigned as PM (5/4) Ruth Ellis hanged at Holloway Prison (13/7)
International	USA evacuates it's North Vietnam consulate Albert Einstein died (18/4) Le Mans track disaster (11/6)	James Dean died (30/9) Hungarian uprising (23/10) Sony trademark appeared on TR-55 transistor radio
Sport	FA - Newcastle United (Manchester City) RLCC - Barrow (Workington) Sports Personality - Gordon Pirie (Athletics)	1st - Chelsea (Wolverhampton) RL - Warrington (Oldham) RL - Warrington (Oldham) - playoffs F1 - Juan Manuel Fangio (Mercedes Benz)
Firsts	Disneyland, Anaheim, CA (18/7) Television advert - Gibbs SR toothpaste Floodlit international at Wembley - Spain (30/11) MacDonald's restaurant, California (9/4)	ABTA formed in London Snooker break of 147 - Joe Davis (22/1) Coca-Cola in cans Vienna State Opera House (5/11)
Arts/Media	ITV - ABC Television (22/9) "Murraymint too good to hurry mint" - advert Davy Crockett - Walt Disney This is Your Life -  BBC tv [Eamonn Andrews] "Snap, crackle and pop" - Rice Krispies advert Oklahoma! - Film [Rogers & Hammerstein] Sunday Night at the London Palladium	Quatermass II (22/10) - BBC television Guinness Book of Records (27/8) Double Your Money - ITV [Hughie Green] (26/9) "Gibbs SR - tingling fresh" - advert (YouTube) Persil - first washing powder advertised on tv Children's Hour Christmas Appeal (Children in Need) - BBC tv
Products	Lego  Birds Eye Fish Fingers (UK) Hole added to Polo mints (Wikipedia)	Mars Treets sweets Blend 37 freeze dried instant coffee

1956

Architecture	Public Washhouse, Leeds Road Buttershaw Comprehensive School (3/9) Shirley Manor school	St Winifride's school Holme Wood estate Horton Lane Congregational Church demolished
Events	Picturedrome/Astra cinema closed (29/1) (external Link) Tivoli cinema closed (24/2) Clayton/Rialto cinema closed (17/3) Topic Folk Club founded (external link) Alhambra - Mr Kettle & Mrs Moon (30/4)	Lord Mayor - Horace Robert Walker Majestic/Picture House closed (27/10) Pavillion cinema closed (24/11) Bradford City 8 (D3) - Avenue 23 (D3) - Northern 8 (RL)
National	Import/export of heroin officially banned MPs vote to abolish death penalty (16/2) Traffic wardens announced by MoT Coventry Cathedral foundation stone (23/3) Jim Laker takes 19 wickets (30-31/7)	A.A. Milne died (31/1) Health Minister - cigarettes do not cause harm British Rail ended 3rd class travel (3/6) Premium Bonds announced in Budget (18/4)
International	Suez Canal nationalised by Presidemt Nassar Hungarian uprising against Soviet occupation (23/10)	Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco (19/4) Bela Lugosi died (16/8)
Sport	FA - Manchester City (Birmingham) [YouTube] EC - Real Madrid (Stade de Rheims) - Paris  [YouTube] RLCC - St Helens (Halifax) Olympic Games (16th) - Melbourne Sports Personality - Jim Laker (Cricket)	1st - Manchester United (Blackpool) RL - Warrington (Halifax) RL - Hull (Halifax) - playoffs F1 - Juan Manuel Fangio (Lancia Ferrari)
Firsts	Premium Bonds (1/11)	Calder Hall nuclear power station (17/10) {2003}
Arts/Media	"Katie" - OXO advert Rock Around the Clock - film West Side Story - musical [New York] Carousel - Rogers & Hammerstein The King & I	PG Tips "Chimp" advert "Don't forget the fruit gums mum" - Rowntrees advert Muffin the Mule - ITV (3/3) High Society
Products	Tetley Tea Bags Play Doh - Joe McVicker [wallpaper cleaner] Fox's Glacier Fruits	Corgi die cast models Bounty (Plain) chocolate bar

1957

Architecture	Sir Robert Peel statue moved to Peel Park Bolling Road police station (14/3) Thorpe Edge estate - commenced Idle Congregational church Woodside estate	Fairfield school Woodside school St Francis' school Demolition - Market St, Bridge St, Broadway
Events	Bradford Flower Fund Homes founded Low Moor cinema closed (15/6) Queens Hall cinema closed (15/6) Bill Haley & the Comets, Gaumont (17/2)  For sale : 19/21 Bolton Road	Lord Mayor - David Black Saltaire cinema closed (19/10) Institute of Technology (Bradford Tech) Bradford City 9 (D3) - Avenue 20 (D3) - Northern 21 (RL)
National	PM - Harold MacMillan - Con (10/1) {1963} Asian flu epidemic	Housing Act Post Office announces Post Codes (12/11)  Anthony Eden resigns as Prime Minister (9/1)
International	USA - Dwight D Eisenhower Treaty of Rome - EEC formed with 6 countries (25/3) Humphrey Bogart died (14/1)  Oliver Hardy died (7/8)	Sputnik 1 (4/10) Sputnik 2 (3/11) - Laika the dog Elvis Presley receives call up papers (20/12)
Sport	FA - Aston Villa (Manchester United) EC - Real Madrid (AC Fiorentina) - Madrid RLCC - Leeds (Barrow) Sports Personality - Dai Rees (Golf)	1st - Manchester United (Tottenham) RL - Oldham (Hull) RL - Oldham (Hull) - playoffs F1 - Juan Manuel Fangio (Maserati)
Firsts	TV detector vans ERNIE - premium bond draw (1/6) Link made between cigarettes and cancer - USA Surgeon General	Plastic watering can - Geeco Vauxhall Victor
Arts/Media	Room at the Top - John Braine Sky at Night - BBC tv [Patrick Moore] (24/4) Queen - Christmas message on tv (25/12) Six-Five Special - BBC tv (16/2) Captain Pugwash - BBC tv	"Have a break, have a Kit-Kat" advert Army Game - ITV (19/6) "Full of Eastern Promise" - Turkish Delight advert The Mousetrap (13/9) Emergency Ward 10 - tv series {1967}
Products	Fairy Snow - soap powder	Mackintosh's Weekend sweets Munchies sweets

1958

Architecture	Picturedrome/Astra cinema demolished Marks & Spencer extension [Savoy cinema] Bus shelter, Main Street, Wilsden	Court House, Hall Ings demolished "The Villa", Rooley Lane {199?}
Events	Busbys taken over by Debenhams - cv 1973, 1978 Buddy Holly, Gaumont (9/3) Coronet cinema closed (27/9) Salts Mill taken over by Illingworth Morris	Lord Mayor - Norbert William Durrant Thornton cinema closed (25/1) Oak Lane/Oriental cinema closed (13/12)  Bradford City 3 (D3) - Avenue 22R (D3) - Northern (20)
National	Women peers admitted to House of Lords BMA state that smoking causes lung cancer (29/1)	Munich air crash - Manchester United (6/2) Elvis Presley joined the Army (24/3)
International	Charles de Gaulle president of France (05/29) Edmund Hilary reaches the South Pole (4/1) Tokyo Telecommunications changed name to Sony Corpration	Pope John XXIII {1963} Billie Holiday died (17/7) Elvis Presley joins US army (20/1)
Sport	FA - Bolton (Manchester United) EC - Real Madrid (AC Milan) WC - Brazil (Sweden) - Sweden RLCC - Wigan (Workington) Sports Personality - Ian Black (Swimming)	1st - Wolverhampton (Preston) FC - Barcelona (London) RL - Oldham (St Helens) RL - Hull (Workington) - playoffs F1 - Mike Hawthorn (Ferrari)
Firsts	"Radar" speed checks in London (20/1) Parking tickets issued in London (26/3) Yellow no-parking lines in London (16/6) Stereo records Ikea - Sweden London Planetarium (19/3) NASA created (29/07) Motorway opened by Harold Macmillan (5/12)	Aldermaston CND march (4/4) Hovercraft invented by Christopher Cockerell BOAC scheduled transatlantic jet flight Parking Meters - Mayfair, London  (5/2) CND formed (17/2) Sony become Sony Corporation STD (Subscriber Trunk Dialling) phone call in UK (5/12) Preston bypass (M6) - first motorway
Arts/Media	Grandstand - BBC tv Blue Peter - BBC tv Oh Boy! - ITV (13/9) My Fair Lady - London (29/4)	Quatermass and the Pit (22/12) - BBC tv  "Esso Blue dealer" advert South Pacific - Rogers & Hammerstein Disc Music Magazine (6/2)
Products	WD-40 Galaxy chocolate	Austin Healey Sprite Cadbury's Picnic chocolate bar

1959

Architecture	Thornton House, Market Street Ivebridge House, Market Street	St Columba (RC) church Forster Square, row of temporary shops
Events	Beck burst, Thornton Road flooded (2/1) Water supplies cut off because of drought (22/10) Automatic doors on trolleybuses Idle Picture Palace closed (7/2) Wyke cinema closed (26/2) C&A, Broadway opened (?/5) {closed 2001} Broadway House - development advert (16/3) Alhambra - Sadler's Wells Opera (14/9)	Lord Mayor - Ernest England Greengates cinema closed (4/4)  Colliseum cinema closed (20/6) Birch Lane cinema closed (26/9) Coventry Hall cinema closed (12/12) Bradford City 11 (D3) - Avenue 14 (D4) - Northern (10)
National	M1 opened - no speed limit
International	Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the "Big Bopper" JP Richardson died in air crash in Iowa (3/2) Fidel Castro president of Cuba (16/2) Lou Costello died (3/3) Russia launches Luna 1 (2/1) Lou Costello : 1906-1959 (3/3)	Erroll Flynn died aged 50 (14/10) Maria Lanza died aged 38 (7/10) Dark side of the moon, first pictures (7/10) Hawaii became a state (50th)  Sydney Bechet died (14/5)
Sport	FA - Nottingham Forest (Luton Town) EC - Real Madrid (Stade de Rheims) F1 - Jack Brabham (Cooper-Climax) (Wikipedia) Sports Personality - John Surtees (Motor cycle racing)	1st - Wolverhampton (Manchester United) RL - St Helens (Wigan) RL - St Helens (Hunslet) - playoffs RLCC - Wigan (Hull)
Firsts	Post codes - Norwich (28/7)  Hovercraft flight (7/6)	Sodium lamps - road lighting (17/8)  Austin Mini
Arts/Media	The Guardian newspaper Boy Meets Girl - ITV	"Drinka Pinta Milka Day" Porgy & Bess
Products	Caramac chocolate Opal Fruits sweets Strand - cigarettes	Barbie Doll - Elliot Handler/Mattel Mini - car

1960

Architecture	Bulmer and Lumb, Halifax Road St Blaise School	Immaculate Conception (RC) church Charles Street rooftop car park
Events	Eddie Cochrane & Gene Vincent, Gaumont (30/1) Baildon Picture House closed (19/3) Freeman - Richard Cornelius Ruth (29/11) Freeman - Henry James (29/11) Great Britain v Australia at Odsal Stadium (8/10) Pantomime - Robin Hood	Lord Mayor - Edgar Robinson Freeman - Walter Hodgson (29/11) Fatal train crash at Forster Square (18/9) WH Smith, Broadway (17/4) Bradford City 19 (D3) - Avenue 11 (D4) - Northern 26 (RL)
National	Building Societies Act Lady Chatterley obscenity trial	Beer increased to 1/7d a pint Eddie Cochran died in car crash (17/4)
International	USA - John F Kennedy Brasilia (21/4)	Adolf Eichman captured in Argentina Paula Wolf (Adolf Hitlers sister) died (1/6)
Sport	FA - Wolverhampton (Blackburn) EC - Real Madrid (Eintracht Frankfurt) EU - USSR (Yugoslavia) RLCC - Wakefield (Hull) Olympic Games (17th) - Rome Sports Personality - David Broome (Show Jumping)	1st - Burnley (Wolverhampton) FC - Barcelona (Birmingham) RL - St Helens (Wakefield) RL - Wigan (Wakefield) - playoffs F1 - Jack Brabham (Cooper-Climax) [Wikipedia]
Firsts	Football on tv - Blackpool v Bolton (10/9) MOT - cars 10+ years old - see 1967	Dr Martens boots manufactured in UK
Arts/Media	Coronation Street - Granada  (9/12) Wham - ITV	"You're never alone with a Strand" - advert  Four Feather Falls - Gerry Anderson (25/2)
Products	Phostrogen - plant food (Official website) Strand - cigarettes (Wikipedia) Shield (Signal) - toothpaste	Etch a Sketch - Arthur Granjean [Wikipedia] Game of Life - Reuben Klanner [Wikipedia] Mackintosh's Good News sweets Tupperware [UK]  (official website)

1961

Architecture	Mecca Ballroom (?/9) (Flickr) Horton Park Nursery Bradford Cathedral extension cornerstone	St Michael's school St Anthony (RC) church
Events	Population 295,922 Provident Clothing became public company (25/7) Princes Theatre closed Morrisons opened supermarket at Girlington (Victoria cinema) Dorothy Perkins swam channel Victoria cinema closed (16/12) Smallpox outbreak Pantomime - Puss In Boots	Lord Mayor - Benjamin Wilfred Berry Park Road cinema closed (14/1) Cosy cinemas closed (4/3) Tennyson cinema closed (1/7) Grange cinema closed (15/7) Roxy cinema closed (8/11) Bradford City v Bury (15/4) (Flickr) Bradford City Manager - Bob Brocklebank {1964}(Wikipedia) Bradford City 22R (D3) - Avenue 4P (D4) - Northern 24 (RL)
National	Princess Diana born (1/7) {1997} AA stopped saluting members George Formby died (6/3) Sunday Telegraph (5/2)	Work commences on the M62 Marilyn Monroe divorced (24/1) Farthing ceased to be legal tender (1/1)
International	USA - John F Kennedy (died in office) (Wikipedia) Mercury 3 - Alan Shepard - space (5/5) Adolf Eichman - Nazi war criminal - hanged in Israel (31/5) Tristan Da Cunha evacuated because of volcano (10/10) Kennedy - "Man on the Moon" speech (25/5)	Ernest Hemingway committed suicide Vostok 1 - Yuri Gagarin - First man in space (12/4) (Wikipedia) Vostok 1 - Yuri Gagarin -First man in space (12/4) (Flickr) Orient Express - final trip (20/5) Berlin Wall (13/8)
Sport	FA - Tottenham (Leicester City) LC - Rotherham (Aston Villa) CW - AC Fiorentina (Rangers) RLCC - St Helens (Wigan) Sports Personality - Stirling Moss (Formula One)	1st - Tottenham (Sheffield Wednesday) EC - Benfica (Barcelona) FC - AS Roma (Birmingham City) RL - Leeds (Warrington) RL - Leeds (Warrington) - playoffs F1 - Phil Hill (Ferrari) (Wikipedia)
Firsts	Mothercare, Kingston
Arts/Media	Disney purchased rights to Pooh Bear "Only the crumbliest, tastiest chocolate ..." - Cadburys Flake advert West Side Story	"Hands that do dishes ...." - Fairy Liquid advert "Milky Bar Kid" - advert  Supercar - Gerry Anderson (11/2)
Products	Ken [Barbie's boyfriend]	Integrated Circuit - Fairchild Semicondutor

1962

Architecture	Swan Arcade demolished (Flickr) Bingley Building Society Head Office (19/11) John Peters [Wolfe & Hollander]	Edmond Campion school St Walburga (RC) church
Events	Royal visit - Queen Mother (29/3) Drighlington station closed (1/1) Haworth station closed (1/1) Carlton cinema closed (31/3) Dispersal Scheme - T&A Report (Flickr) Bradford Park Avenue floodlights blown down by gale (11/2) Pantomime - The Frog Prince	Lord Mayor - Harold Kershaw Watson Marlboro cinema closed (10/10) Lyceum cinema closed (13/10) Glenroyal cinema closed (1/12) Smallpox epidemic - mass vaccinations (13/1) Bradford City 5 (D4) - Avenue 11 (D3) - Northern 30R (RL)
National	Building Societies Act Car number plates added a suffix letter - see 1983  Sunday Times Colour Section (4/2)	Parlophone records sign the Beatles Met Office weather reports use centigrade instead of fahrenheit (15/1)
International	Marilyn Monroe died (5/8) Jamaica became independent (6/8)  Escape from Alcatraz (12/6)	Mercury 6 - John Glenn - orbit (20/2) Adolf Eichman hanged (31/5)
Sport	FA - Tottenham (Burnley) LC - Rochdale (Norwich) CW - Atletico Madrid (AC Fiorentina) WC - Brazil (Czechoslovakia) - Chile RLCC - Wakefield (Huddersfield) Sports Personality - Anita Lonsbrough (Swimming)	1st - Ipswich (Burnley) EC - Benfica (Real Madrid) FC - Valencia (Barcelona) RL - Wigan (Wakefield) RL - Huddersfield (Wakefield) F1 - Graham Hill (BRM)
Firsts	Telstar launched (10/7)	Transatlantic TV link via Telstar (11/7)
Arts/Media	Love Me Do single - The Beatles (5/10) Fireball XL5 - Gerry Anderson USA Today - newspaper "We try Harder" - Avis advert That Was The Week That Was - BBC tv	Guinness - Harp trademark Spiderman - Amazing Fantasy "We're going well, we're going Shell" - Shell advert Sunday Times - colour supplement
Products	After Eight Mints Cadbury's Contrast sweets Embassy - cigarettes	Ford Cortina - Mark I  Topic chocolate bar

1963

Architecture	Town Hall. - three storey extension Cardinal Hinsley school Margaret Clitheroe school Forster Square subway - first in Bradford Sunwin House extension	St Brendans School St Johns School Salts Grammar School
Events	Union Street fire (18/5) Hall Ings extension opened? (17/3) Plaza cinema closed (20/3) Fire at Globe Mills, City Road Mojo Club, Market Tavern (26/9) {1969}	Lord Mayor - Tom Wood Institute of Technology becomes University Bradford Northern disbanded after 13 games (10/12) Bradford City 23 (D4) - Avenue 21R (D3) - Northern 14 (RL2)
National	PM - Sir Alex Douglas Home - Con {1964} Great Train Robbery (8/8) Redesigned £5 note issued (21/2) Hugh Gaitskell died (18/1)	Duty free shop opened at Heathrow Contraceptive pill available on prescription (19/6) Beeching Report (railways) published (27/3) The Profumo Affair John Profumo resigns (5/6)
International	John F Kennedy assassinated in Dallas (22/11) USA - Lyndon B Johnson Alcatraz (prison) closed (21/3) Martin Luther King "I have a dream" speech (26/8)	JFK - "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech (26/6) "Hot Line" between White House & Kremlin (30/8) Pope Paul VI {1978}
Sport	FA - Manchester United (Leicester City) LC - Birmingham City (Aston Villa) CW - Tottenham (Atletico Madrid) RLCC - Wakefield (Wigan) Sports Personality - Dorothy Hyman (Athletics)	1st - Everton (Tottenham) EC - AC Milan (Benfica) FC - Valencia (Dynamo Zagreb) RL - Swinton (St Helens) F1 - Jim Clark (Lotus)
Firsts	Audio Cassette tape [Philips] Year "letter" added to UK car number plates Patent for a pointing device for compters - mouse (Douglas Engelbart)	Zip code - 5 digit - USA (1/7) Woman in space - Valentina Tereshkova (16/6)
Arts/Media	Please Please Me - Beatles (22/3) With the Beatles  - Beatles (22/11) "Old English Sheepdog (Digby)" - Dulux advert Dr Who - William Hartnell {1966} - BBC tv	Stingray - Gerry Anderson "Schh ...you know who" - Schweppes Tonic Water advert Billy Liar - film
Products	New Omo - washing powder Kodak Instamatic cameras Lava lamp - Mathmos, UK	Toffee Crisp chocolate bar Tootie Fruities sweets

1964

Architecture	Arndale House John Street Market demolished - see 1969 Holy Trinity Church, Bingley demolished (6/4) Grattan, Anchor House, Ingleby Road	Eccleshill Library (3/3) Belle Vue Boys School (new building) Princes Theatre demolished (site is now Imax) New Inn demolished
Events	Bradford University - was Institute of Technology John Street Open Market closed David Hockney moved to Los Angeles New Inn, Thornton Road closed Beatles, Gaumont (9/10) Train crash - Exchange - 3 died (3/6) Bradford Northern reformed Vallances - Arndale House (10/12) Pantomime - Tom Thumb	Lord Mayor - Weber Marshall Hird Bradford & Bingley Building Society (7/4) Plans for M606 published (20/2) - see 1972 Alhambra purchased by Council Little Fat Black Pussy Cat (14/8) The Dungeon, 85 Westgate Top Twenty Club, Idle {1966} The Coffin, 35 Ivegate (4/6) Bradford City 5 (D4) - Avenue 13 (D4)
National	PM - Harold Wilson - Lab {1970} Death penalty abolished (21/12) Wimbledon FC turned professional Pound note ceased to be legal tender (11/3)	Education Act Children & Young Persons Act Ian Fleming - James Bond author - died (12/8) Sun - broadsheet (15/9)
International	Jim Reeves died (31/7) Football riot in LIma, Peru (24/5)	Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston (25/2) Nelson Mandela jailed (12/6)
Sport	FA - West Ham United (Preston) LC - Stoke City (Leicester City) CW - Sporting Lisbon (MTK Budapest) EU - Spain (USSR) RLCC - Widnes (Hull KR) Olympic Games (18th) - Tokyo Sports Personality - Mary Rand (Athletics)	1st - Liverpool (Manchester United) EC - Inter Milan (Real Madrid) FC - Real Zaragoza (Valencia) RL - Swinton (Wigan) F1 - John Surtees (Ferrari)
Firsts	BBC2 (20/4) Bull Ring (Birmingham) opened	Match Of The Day - BBC tv (22/8)
Arts/Media	A Hard Days Night - Beatles (10/7) Beatles For Sale - Beatles (4/12) Radio Caroline "Tiger in your tank" - Esso advert The Magic Roundabout (France)	Thunderbirds - Gerry Anderson Mary Poppins - Walt Disney "Tick-a-tick-Timex" - Timex watch advert  Sun - newspaper [was Daily Herald] (15/9) My Fair Lady
Products	Gold Blend instant coffee

1965

Architecture	Bradford University (Flickr) Wardley House (?/4) or 1966	St Brendan (RC) church
Events	Town Hall renamed City Hall City Hall stonework cleaned Technical College - Westbrook extension Nelson Street warehouse fire (3/6) Legrams Lane greyhound stadium closed (30/10) Essoldo cinema closed (30/10) Traffic wardens Damart factory in Bingley Rolling Stones, Gaumont (4/10) Silver Blades Ice Rink (5/1)	Lord Mayor - Jack Wilkinson Apperley Bridge station closed (22/3) Frizinghall station closed (22/3) Manningham station closed (22/3) Saltaire station closed (22/3) Low Moor station closed (14/6) Asda, Leeds formed - see also 1949  Bradford City Manager - Bill Harris {1966}(Wikipedia) Bradford City 19 (D4) - Avenue 7 (D4) - Northern 17 (RL)
National	Sir Winston Churchill died (24/1) Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill (30/1) Kray Twins arrested (7/1)  Freddie Mills died (24/7)	Beatles awarded MBE (12/6)  Substitute allowed in football (1st - Kevin Peacock, Charlton) Ronnie Biggs escapes from Wandsworth Prison  (8/7)  Freddie Trueman takes 200th wicket (26/7)
International	USA - Lyndon B Johnson  Malcom X assassinated (21/2)	Gemini 5 - spacewalk
Sport	FA - Liverpool (Leeds United) LC - Chelsea (Leicester City) CW - West Ham United (TSV Munich 1860) RLCC - Wigan (Hunslet) Sports Personality - Tom Simpson (Cycling)	1st - Manchester United (Leeds United) EC - Inter Milan (Benfica) FC - Ferencvaros (Juventus) RL - St Helens (Wigan) RL - Halifax (St Helens) - playoffs F1 - Jim Clark (Lotus)
Firsts	Jet airliner landed using automatic pilot (10/6)  BASIC programming language (John Kemeny & Thomas Kurtz, Dartmouth College)	Mt. Blanc Tunnel opened (16/7)
Arts/Media	Help - Beatles (6/8) Rubber Soul - Beatles (3/12) Cigarette advertising banned on TV in UK (31/7) Till Death Us Do Part - BBC tv	Beatles at Shea Stadium, New York (15/8) Tomorrow's World - BBC tv series  Sound of Music - Rogers & Hammerstein The Magic Roundabout - BBC tv (18/10) {1977}
Products	GI Joe Tipp-Ex correction fluid	Mackintosh's Reward sweets Rowntree's Jelly Tot sweets

1966

Architecture	Forster Square subway (28/3) Wardley House (?/4) or 1965 Silver Blades Ice Rink (?/1) T&A Feature	St George school Colisseum cinema demolished St Saviour's church, Fairweather Green
Events	City Hall floodights Laisterdyke station closed (4/7) Regal cinema closed ( 23/11) Oxford cinema closed (8/1)	Lord Mayor - Louis Cowgill STD telephone dialling Bradford City Manager - Willie Watson {1968} (Wikipedia) Bradford City 23 (D4) - Avenue 11 (D4) - Northern 7 (RL)
National	Aberfan landslide disaster (21/10) George Blake escaped from Wormwood Scrubs (22/10) Decimalisation announced (1/3) World Cup stolen (20/3) Times printing news on the front page (3/5)	England win the World Cup (30/7) Plans for colour television announced (3/3)   Henry Cooper beaten by Cassius Clay [21/5] Labour win the General Election (30/3)
International	Walt Disney died	Indira Gandhi became PM of India (19/1)
Sport	FA - Everton (Sheffield Wednesday) LC - West Ham United (WBA) CW - Borussia Dortmund (Liverpool) WC - England (West Germany) - England  RLCC - St Helens (Wigan) Sports Personality - Bobby Moore (Football)	1st - Liverpool (Leeds United) EC - Real Madrid (Partizan Belgrade) FC - Barcelona (Real Zaragoza) RL - St Helens (Swinton) RL - St Helens (Halifax) F1 - Jack Brabham (Brabham)
Firsts
Arts/Media	Revolver - Beatles (5/8) Adam Adamant Lives! - British tv series "Go to work on an egg" - advert Dr Who - Patrick Troughton {1969} - BBC tv	Softly Softly - British tv series Computer Weekly - magazine Cathy Come Home - BBC tv
Products	Hot Wheels - Elliot Handler/Mattel Jenson Interceptor [£3743]	Ford Cortina - Mark II Action Man

1967

Architecture	Central Library (17/7) - Princess Alexandria WE Forster statue re-erected (30/11)	Forster House (?/7) St Anthony (RC) church, Windhill
Events	Morrisons became public company Collinson's Cafe stopped playing music (31/12) (Flickr) Mainline trains transferred to Exchange station Samuel Ledgard taken over by West Yorkshire Bradford Pictorial Monthly magazine (17/7) Pink Floyd, Bradford University (22/06) Daimler Fleetline - first rear engined bus Pantomime - The Pied Piper Of Hamelin	Lord Mayor - Tom Lee (died) - JW Taylor Dudley Hill cinema closed (1/4) Towers Hall cinema closed ((21/5) Central Library, Darley Street closed (8/4) Avenue v City programme (30/9) (Flickr) Bradford City 11 (D4) - Avenue 23 (D4) - Northern 5 (RL)
National	Bass Charrington merger Foot and Mouth disease outbreak Donald Campbell died (4/1) Marine Broadcasting (Offences) Act (15/8)	Abortion legalised London Transport transferred to Greater London Council (GLC) Torrey Canyon
International	Ché Guevara killed in Bolivia (9/10) Three astronauts die in Apollo test fire (27/1) Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu (1/5)	Wall Street Crash (19/10) Jack Ruby died (3/1) Jayne Mansfield dies in car crash (29/6)
Sport	FA - Tottenham (Chelsea) LC - QPR (WBA) CW - Bayern Munich (Rangers) RLCC - Featherstone (Barrow) SB - Green Bay Packers (Kansas City Chiefs) Sports Personality - Henry Cooper (Boxing)	1st - Manchester United (Nottingham Forest) EC - Celtic (Inter Milan) FC - Dynamo Zagreb (Leeds United) RL - Leeds (Hull KR) RL - Wakefield (St Helens) - playoffs F1 - Denny Hulme (Brabham)
Firsts	BBC2 - colour Dolby noise reduction system Super Bowl 1 MOT - cars 3+ years old - see 1960	Heart transplant - Dr Christiaan Barnard (3/12) UK Cash Dispenser (ATM) - Sutton,Surrey Rugby League game played on a Sunday (17/12) IBM Floppy Disc
Arts/Media	Sergeant Pepper - Beatles (1/6) News at Ten - ITN (3/7) - Burnette & Gardner "Arthur the cat" - Kattomeat advert Mission Imposiible - USA tv series "Henry & Clement Freud" - Chunk dog food advert  Rolling Stone magazine (9/11)	Captain Scarlett - Gerry Anderson "Captain Bird's Eye" - Birds Eye fish fingers advert Callan - British tv series A Man Called Ironside - USA tv series "A million housewives every day pick up .." - Heinz Beans advert
Products	Smash - Instant potato Twix chocolate bar Revels sweets	Maclaren Baby Buggy Marathon chocolate bar

1968

Architecture	Richard Oastler statue moved to Northgate	Arnold Laver, Canal Road
Events	City centre flooded - 1" water in 8 minutes (2/7) (Flickr) Wool Exchange purchased by council Gaumont cinema closed (30/11) - refurbishment Elite cinema closed (24/2) Jane Harrison awarded the George Cross "My Secret Life" - obscene book trial (22/4) Pantomime - Merry King Cole	Lord Mayor - Arthur Walton Freeman - John Ruscoe (24/9) Bradford City Manager - Grenville Hair {1968}(Wikipedia) Bradford City Manager - Jimmy Wheeler {1971}(Wikipedia) Bradford City 5 (D4) - Avenue 24 (D4) - Northern 6 (RL)
National	National Provincial  merged with Westminster Bank  Queen Elizabeth - last transatlantic voyage London Bridge sold to an American (18/4)	First decimal coins issued (23/4) Ronan Point flats collapsed (16/5) Sony United Kingdom founded
International	Robert Kennedy assassinated (5/6) Dr Martin Luther King assassinated (4/4) Yuri Gagarin was killed (27/3)	Apollo 7 - manned flight (11/10) Apollo 8 - round moon (21/12)
Sport	FA - West Bromwich Albion (Everton) LC - Leeds United (Arsenal) CW - AC Milan (SV Hamburg) EU - Italy (Yugoslavia) RLCC - Leeds (Wakefield) SB - Green Bay Packers (Oakland Raiders) Olympic Games (19th) - Mexico City Sports Personality - David Hemery (Athletics)	1st - Manchester City (Manchester United) EC - Manchester United (Benfica) FC - Leeds United (Ferencvaros) RL - Leeds (Wakefield) RL - Wakefield (Hull KR) - playoffs F1 - Graham Hill (Lotus)
Firsts	Yorkshire Television (29/7) Ford Escort	Customs - red/green channels Legoland, Denmark (1/5)
Arts/Media	White Album - Beatles (22/11) Joe 90 - Gerry Anderson Wombles - Elizabeth Beresford	"And all because the lady loves Milk Tray" - advert "A Double Diamond works wonders ..." - advert
Products	Persil Automatic - washing powder	Gossard Wonderbra (Wikipedia)

1969

Architecture	John Street Market (?/8) - see 1977 Bradford University Nuclear Science block The Tyrls Chellow Heights water treatment plant Wellington Junior school Morrisons Supermarket, Girlington	Delf Hill school Grove House school St Matthew's school Lilycroft Methodist chapel Belle Vue Girls School (new building) Unitarian Chapel, Town Hall Square demolished
Events	Cinecenta (17/4) {1983} Odeon Twin cinema (21/8) Greenfield greyhound stadium closed (5/3) Rupert Street Washhouse closes "Green Man" crossing - Hall Ings/Bridge Street Changing Bradford - YEP publication (Flickr) Leprosy in Bradford (11/3) Press award for Peter Harland - editor of the T&A (25/3)	Lord Mayor - Eddie Newby Odeon, Manchester Road closed (22/3) (Flickr) Collinson's Cafe, Market Street closed (30/9) (Flickr) Manchester Road Baths close Heroin in Bradford Land available for development (advert) Bradford City 4P (D4) - Avenue 24 (D4) - Northern 19 (RL)
National	Prince of Wales investiture (1/7) John Lennon married Yoko Ono (20/3) London Underground - Victoria Line opened Matt Busby announces his retirement (14/1) Kray twins found guilty of murder (4/3) Emley Moor television transmitter collapsed (19/3) Robin Knox-Johnston solo voyage around the world (22/4)	Rolling Stones concert in Hyde Park Brian Jones (Rolling Stones) died (3/7) 50p Coin (14/10) Maiden flight of Concorde (2/3) John Wyndham died (11/3) Billy Cotton died (25/3) Voting age reduced to 18
International	USA - Richard M Nixon Apollo 9 - docking with LM (3/3) Apollo 10 - within 9 miles of surface (18/5) Apollo 11 - blasts off (16/7)	Moon landing - Neil Armstrong (20/7) Apollo 12 - landing (14/11) Boris Karloff died (3/2) General Dwight D. Eisenhower died (29/3) Judy Garland died (22/6)
Sport	FA - Manchester City (Leicester City) LC - Arsenal (Swindon Town) CW - Slovan Bratislava (Barcelona) RLCC - Castelford (Salford) SB - New York Jets (Baltimore Colts) Sports Personality - Ann Jones (Tennis)	1st - Leeds United (Liverpool) EC - AC Milan (Ajax) FC - Newcastle United (Ujpest Dozsa) RL - Leeds (St Helens) RL - Leeds (Castleford) - playoffs F1 - Jackie Stewart (Matra)
Firsts	BBC1 - colour B&Q, Southampton - Block & Quayle Phonepoint mobile phone/network (22/8)	Sun - tabloid edition Concorde - maiden flight (9/1)
Arts/Media	Yellow Submarine - Beatles (17/1) Abbey Road - Beatles (26/9) Beatles last live appearance (30/1) Sun - tabloid edition Monty Python's Flying Circus - BBC TV (5/10)	Gardeners World - BBC tv Special Branch - British tv series Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) - British tv series Department S - British tv series Clangers - BBC tv
Products	Ford Capri - £890 {1987}	Raleigh Chopper bike

1970s

Local

A Visit To City Hall (Flickr) Map of Bradford city centre (Flickr)

Photos Taken From The Town Hall Clock Tower (Flickr) Map of Bradford and Street List (Flickr)

1971

Architecture	Provincial House (?/3) - Lord Selkirk - Official opening {2002} Arndale Kirkgate Centre Bradford College - Kent building	Broadway pedestrian precinct (?/4) Unitarian chapel, Russell Street
Events	Population 294,177 Pink Floyd, University (10/10)	Lord Mayor - Herbert Moran Bradford City Manager - Bryan Edwards {1975}(Wikipedia) Bradford City 19 (D3) - Northern 27 (RL)
National	Decimalisation Leaflet Decimalisation (16/2) Cigarettes forced to carry health warning	Chay Blyth - sailed around the world in a yacht Ibrox Stadium disaster (2/1)
International	Apollo 14 - landing (16/4) Apollo 15 - Lunar Rover (26/7)  Igor Stravinsky died (6/4)	Jim Morrison (Doors) died (3/7) Coup in Uganda led by Idi Amin (25/1) Louis Armstrong died (6/7)
Sport	FA - Arsenal (Liverpool) LC - Aston Villa (Tottenham) CW - Chelsea (Real Madrid) RLCC - Leigh (Leeds) SB - Baltimore Colts (Dallas Cowboys) Sports Personality - Princess Anne (Eventing)	1st - Arsenal (Leeds United) EC - Ajax (Panathinaikos) FC - Leeds United (Juventus) RL - Wigan (St Helens) RL - St Helens (Wigan) - playoffs F1 - Jackie Stewart (Tyrell)
Firsts	Disneyland, Orlando, FL Hard Rock Cafe, London	CAMRA formed - Campaign for Real Ale (16/3)
Arts/Media	"I'd like to buy the world a coke" - Coca Cola advert "Anytime, anyplace, anywhere" - Martini advert	The Persuaders - British tv series The Two Ronnies - BBC tv {1987}
Products	Space Hopper Morris Marina	Clackers

1972

Architecture	Norfolk Gardens Hotel Magistrates Court (?/6) - opened by Lord Hailsham (Flickr) Belle Vue Girls  (opened by Margaret Thatcher) Shipley Baths	Idle Picture Palace/Ace Bingo demolished  M606 opened (8/8) (official opening 20/9) United Reformed Church, Wilsden
Events	Last trolleybus (26/3) [Flickr] Prince's Hall name changed to Studios 1-4 (13/8) Alexandra Hotel closes Natural Gas conversion commences Bradford In The Picture - T&A publication (Flickr)	Lord Mayor - Audrey Firth One-man bus operation (31/12) Leathers Chemical Works, Canal Road demolished David Bowie, St Georges Hall (6/6)  Bradford City 24R (D3) - Northern 2 (RL)
National	Local Government Act Miners strike/Three day week Harold Wilson resigns as Prime Minister (16/3)   Duke of Windsor died (28/5)	Chi Chi the panda died Joined the EEC (22/1)  J. Arthur Rank died (29/3)
International	Apollo 16  (16/4) Apollo 17 launch failure (6/12)   Apollo 17 (7/12) Apollo 17 - Last man on the moon (11/12)	Malcolm X shot (21/2) J. Edgar Hoover (FBI) died (2/5) Ida Amin expelled Asians from Uganda Queen Elizabeth burnt out in Hongkong harbour (9/1)
Sport	FA - Leeds United (Arsenal) LC - Chelsea (Stoke City) CW - Rangers (Dynamo Moscow) EU - West Germany (USSR) RLCC - St Helens (Leeds) SB - Dallas Cowboys (Miami Dolphins) Olympic Games (20th) - Munich Sports Personality - Mary Peters (Athletics)	1st - Derby County (Leeds United) EC - Ajax (Inter Milan) UE - Tottenham (Wolverhampton) RL - Leeds (Bradford Northern) RL - Leeds (St Helens) - playoffs F1 - Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus)
Firsts	World Trade Center, New York {destroyed by terrorists 2001}
Arts/Media	"Labrador puppy" - Andrex advert Van der Valk - British tv series Columbo - USA tv series "Lipsmackingthirstquenching...." - Pepsi Cola advert Rainbow - British childrens tv (16/10) Sounds - music newspaper {1992}	Newsround - BBC tv McCloud - USA tv series "Secret lemonade drinker" - R Whites advert Emmerdale (Farm) - British tv soap Dougal and the Blue Cat - feature film
Products	Odyssey/Magnavox - video game

1973

Architecture	Exchange station (14/1) Shipley Baths Mercury House, Manchester Road (?/8) (Flickr) Bingley Library (17/4) Kirkgate Market, Arndale Centre (12/11) Saltaire Methodist church	Baildon station (5/1) "Old" Exchange Station becomes a temporary car park (21/12) (Flickr)  St. Theresa & St. Winefride's church, Buttershaw (Flickr) Mechanics Institute demolished (4/7) (Flickr) Kirkgate Market demolished (Flickr)
Events	Kirkgate Market closed (3/11) Northgate pub closed (30/9) Bob Martin chairman of Bradford City Busbys changed name to Debenhams - cv 1958, 1978 Bradford In The Picture - T&A publication (Flickr)	Lord Mayor - Derek Smith - JEB Singleton Freeman - JB Priestley (8/9) David Bowie, St Georges Hall (1/6) Queen, St Georges Hall (6/11) Bradford City 16 (D4) - Northern 23R (RL)
National	VAT (1/4)  School leaving age raised to 16	United Kingdom joins the EEC (1/1) Reflective car number plates
International	USA - Richard M Nixon (resigned)  Sydney Opera House - Official opening (20/10) Betty Grable died (2/7)	Watergate, USA Pablo Picasso died (8/4)
Sport	FA - Sunderland (Leeds United) LC - Tottenham (Norwich City) CW - AC Milan (Leeds United) RLCC - Featherstone (Bradford Northern) SB - Miami Dolphins (Washington Redskins) Sports Personality - Jackie Stewart (Formula One)	1st - Liverpool (Arsenal) EC - Ajax (Juventus) UE - Liverpool (Borussia Moenchengladbach) RL - Warrington (Featherstone) RL - Dewsbury (Leeds) - playoffs F1 - Jackie Stewart (Tyrell)
Firsts	Commercial radio Argos  CP/M Operating System (Gary Kildall)	Tandy Skylab (14/5)
Arts/Media	Greetings from Asbury Park NJ - Springsteen Tetley's Tea Men" - Tetley's Tea advert Capital Radio, London	Streets of San Francisco - USA tv series "Martians" - Smash advert Wombles - BBC tv series
Products	Dungeons & Dragons - D Arnesson & S Gygax  Bailey's Irish Cream	Oxydol soap powder withdrawn

1974

Architecture	Civic Precinct (13/11) - opened by Queen Police Headquarters, Civic Precinct {2009/2010) (Flickr) Bradford Permanent Building Society, Westgate (Flickr) East Ward Labour Club (28/6) Piece Hall Yard renovated	St Francis (RC) church Jacobs Well, Manchester Road (Flickr) OS Wains (Britannia House) changed shop front Olicana House [LG] Broadway pedestrian precinct extended (Flickr)
Events	Bradford Metropolitan District Council (1/4) Royal visit - Queen Elizabeth II (13/11) Park Avenue FC into liquidation (8/4) Vistors book at City Hall signed by Lord Feather Council purchase Park Avenue ground Talbot Hotel closed down (23/3) Film The Exorcist banned in Bradford (24/4) Industrial Museum, Moorside Road opened (14/12) Alhambra management taken over by Council STD telephone programme completed The Millat - Urdu daily newspaper (29/9) Bradford In The Picture - T&A publication (Flickr) Bettys Cafe, Darley Street closed	Lord Mayor - Tom Hall Leader - John Singleton [C] {1979} Minimum bus fare 3p Theatre Royal cinema re-opened (16/11) ABC Film centre re-opened (18/11) Council appoints a dog catcher  Number of MPs reduced from 4 to 3 (28/2) Bradford City try to change name to Metro Royal visit - Duke of Edinburgh (10/7) Black Dyke Mills band at Proms - Albert Hall George Newby & Co, Tyrell Street closed Bradford City 8 (D4) - Northern 1P (RL2)
National	PM - Harold Wilson - Lab {1976} Local Government reorganisation (1/4) Beatles formally split up (24/12)	Housing Act Rent Act Three Day Week
International	USA - Gerald R Ford  Duke Ellington died (24/5)	Patty Hearst kidnapping (4/2)
Sport	FA - Liverpool (Newcastle United) LC - Wolverhampton (Manchester City) CW - FC Magdeburg (AC Milan) WC - West Germany (Holland) - West Germany RLCC - Warrington (Featherstone) SB - Miami Dolphins (Minnesota Vikings) Sports Personality - Brendan Foster (Athletics)	1st - Leeds United (Liverpool) EC - Bayern Munich (Atletico Madrid) UE - Feyenoord (Tottenham) RL - Salford (St Helens) RL - Warrington (St Helens) - playoffs F1 - Emerson Fittipaldi (McLaren)
Firsts	Sears Tower, Chicago McDonalds in England - Woolwich, London  Bar Codes - Universal Product Codes (USA)	Teletext service - BBC Ceefax (23/9) "Refreshes the parts other beers can't reach" - Heineken advert
Arts/Media	Wild, Innocent & the E. St Shuffle - Springsteen "It's frothy man" - Cresta soft drink advert "Bread delivery - steep street" - Hovis advert (Ridley Scott) Dr Who - Tom Baker {1981} - BBC tv	Kojak - USA tv series "Up up and away - balloon" - Nimble bread advert Tiswas - British childrens tv series
Products/Prices	Rubik Cube - Erno Rubik Intel 8080 computer processor	Whisky £3.50 - Monopoly £2.99 - Corgi truck £0.75 next 1984