25 years ago: Fred Lumb, a 64-year-old retired civil engineer from Shelf, identified himself as the mystery benefactor behind a consortium bidding to take control of Bradford Northern, saying: “All I want is the best for the club.”

50 years ago: Bradford’s oldest pub, the Old House At Home in Little Horton Lane, built in 1669, was drunk completely dry by a group of 250 students celebrating ‘Rag Week.’