Bradford's Capital of Culture campaign team is planning to place a plaque on the childhood home of JB Priestley.

The bid team plans to commemorate the Bradford house as part of its work highlighting places of cultural interest in the district.

The house, in Saltburn Place, Toller Lane, was where Priestley spent his early years - he started his writing career in the attic.

The commemorative plaque will be installed later this month and JB's son, Tom Priestley, will be invited to unveil it.

Charles Dacres, project manager at the Capital of Culture campaign team, said the idea was to promote one of Bradford's literary greats.

"Bradford has a strong literary heritage and JB Priestley, along with the Bronts, is one of our best known writers.

"We are highlighting all aspects of Brad-ford's cultural life to make our bid the strongest so it is fitting that we mark Priestley's home, the place where he started writing."

Priestley Centre director Stephen Goodfel-low welcomed the move.

"It's an excellent idea," he said.

"What better way of adding weight to Bradford's culture bid than by promoting its famous literary son?

"JB wasn't just a writer - he was a very keen champion of people. He has inspired lots of writers and actors in Bradford, many of whom have gone on to become well known in their cultural fields.

"This ties in with the ethos of the Capital of Culture bid."

JB Priestley was born in Bradford in 1894. He lived here until 1914 when he went to serve in the First World War. In 1919, having lost many of his friends in the war, he moved to Cambridge on a war veteran's grant.

He helped found the Priestley Centre, then the Bradford Civic Playhouse, in 1929 at the Jowett Hall, Chapel Street.

When the building burned down in the 1930s the current Art Deco-inspired theatre was built on the site.