MORE than 10,000 visitors were transported back to the time of Dickens as Bradford Industrial Museum hosted its ever-popular annual Victorian Christmas Market.

Guests at the free event, on November 18 and 19, were greeted with more than 80 stalls selling food, arts, and festive crafts, plus visits from Santa Claus in his Bradford tram and Ebenezer Scrooge in one of the museum’s back-to-back houses.

Other attractions included staff and volunteers dressed in full Victorian clothing, a concert brass band playing festive favourites, and activities for children including Sandy Kidz Sand Art and face-painting.

Neil Hinchcliffe, manager of the museum, at Moorside Mills, Eccleshill, said: “We had around 5,000 people on Saturday and the same figure today, so it’s going to be more than 10,000 visitors over the weekend, which is great.

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“Santa Claus has been very popular, as is the case every year, and people have enjoyed the food stalls and brass band. This event is a real highlight in our calendar and creates a huge addition to our annual footfall.”