DUKE, the last mill horse in Bradford, is specially decked up for May Day at Bridge Street goods yard.
TRADITIONALLY, on May 1 communities perform a maypole dance, around a tall pole hung with ribbons that are woven into patterns by the dancers. Such dances are survivals of ancient dances around a tree to celebrate spring. They are often performed on other occasions too. Here we take a look back at maypole dances in and around Bradford over the past few years.
"I WILL not buy an air fryer, I will not buy an air fryer, I will not buy an air fryer…"
I STILL have the Woolworths’ receipt for my eldest daughter’s first mobile phone. I promised she could have one when she started secondary school and honoured that.
PLANS for the introduction of electric vehicle charging bays at locations across the district have been finalised.
HOW about this as proof of how much we love our fish and chips? Or it may be more a case of how we can’t resist a bargain. This picture, from Aireborough Historical Society, shows Harry Ramsdens in Guiseley back in 1952, celebrating 25 years in business. To mark the occasion, fish and chips were sold at the price they would have been sold at when the fish and chip shop opened. An estimated 10,000 people turned up to grab a portion of cut-price fish and chips. Harry Ramsden opened his original Fish & Chip shop in December 1928, paying £150 for a wooden hut near the tram stop at White Cross in Guiseley. His first restaurant opened in the same location at White Cross, three years later. The company still has restaurants and takeaways around the country but the Guiseley restaurant closed in 2011 and is now owned by Wetherby Whal
Chairs, tables, pictures, books, tea pots, cutlery, even wooden spoons - there’s a memory linked to everything.
