| Guilt that clouds my memories | | 12:43pm Friday 16th May 2008 | | David Pendleton, curator of Bradford City's museum, bantamspast, was at Valley Parade when the main stand was devastated by the fire in which 56 people perished. At the memorial service in Centenary Square 23 years later he found himself struggling once again with his
feelings about that fateful day. |
| Put Sir Titus back where he belongs | | 10:26am Friday 9th May 2008 | | Described by the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner as Bradford's miniature Albert Memorial', the statue of Titus Salt sits tucked away in a dark corner of Lister Park. |
| We must think about tomorrow | | 11:51am Friday 2nd May 2008 | | Thirty years ago, if you wanted to see a TV programme, you had to plan ahead, stay in, settle down, and watch it when it was being broadcast. |
| Spelling out a way forward for reading | | 8:21am Friday 25th April 2008 | | The Minister for Yorkshire and Humber, Rosie Winterton, when visiting Bradford, said our rebirth' will depend not only on the physical regeneration of the area, but also its people'. She argues education and skills are absolutely key'. She then cites Sure Start as an initiative that can help break the cycle of unemployment in deprived neighbourhoods. |
| Why I think it’s ‘naughty’ to swear! | | 8:22am Friday 18th April 2008 | | I'm pretty indifferent to the Queen. If I saw her in Morrisons, I'd probably stop and have a chat, ask her how the kids are, nosey in her basket to see what she's getting, but I
wouldn't invite her around for tea, and I find it incredibly sinister to swear an allegiance to her, let alone citizenship ceremonies.'
There's something unsettling about it isn't there? Like they know something I don't and that agreeing to swear an oath would somehow come back to haunt me in the future. |
| TV portrayal of Hughie was odious | | 1:41am Saturday 12th April 2008 | | I feel I must spring to the defence of Hughie Green after watching the BBC4 TV dramatisation of his career, Hughie Green Most Sincerely, last week. |
| Why we should all be afraid of this law change | | 8:49am Friday 4th April 2008 | | They were some of the most important barons in England and they'd had enough. The keepers at the gates of London opened in sympathy as they approached. There they captured King John and took him to an island and forced him to sign a document which was to form our common law. |
| City must stay true to its motto | | 11:17am Friday 28th March 2008 | | When I was first elected in 1970, I joined the Lord Mayor, alderman and citizens of the City and County Borough of Bradford in guiding the fortunes of a great city which through its own, unaided efforts had made itself the world capital of the wool industry. | | Reader comment (1) |
| Memories of a Busbys Christmas | | 2:22pm Tuesday 25th March 2008 | | It was nice to read the recent messages in Rants and Raves' with regard to the many memories of Busbys - and in particular the renowned Christmas Grotto, below. |
| Important lesson is no gimmick | | 8:41am Friday 14th March 2008 | | "It makes you think and makes you realise how lucky you are" is how one Bradford student in the T&A described a recent visit to Auschwitz in Poland, which was, in the main, paid for by the Government to display the harsh realities of what racism and prejudice can ultimately lead to. |
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