25 years ago: Football fanatic Garry Sawyer, 34, announced that his newborn son reminded him of his soccer idol, Bradford Park Avenue’s Jimmy Scoular. Mr Sawyer said little James had “legs like Jimmy Scoular’s”.

50 years ago: Many people in Bradford went to work without a wash or a drink after water pipes either froze or burst during the coldest night for years. A water main burst in Bradford Road, Thornbury, at 6am.