SIR – The recent death of Edward Lyons QC should not be allowed to pass by without remembering that he was a good friend to Bradford.
The Glasgow-born lawyer who lived most of his life in Leeds was an outstanding MP in Bradford for several years.
I particularly remember his valiant efforts in Parliament to persuade British Railways to permit the Thames-Clyde Express to stop at Shipley as it passed through.
That would have allowed Bradford folk a good rail connection to London, the Midlands and Scotland without changing.
He succeeded in getting trains between Leeds and Glasgow to stop at Shipley, but at the same time, the trains from Glasgow ceased going beyond Leeds.
It was not all he wanted, although it did help to make Shipley a little more important as a railhead for Bradford.
Derek R Crabtree, Norman Lane, Bradford
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