Saturday, May 3, 2014
25 years ago: The Princess Royal paid a whirlwind visit to Bradford via helicopter to open a wool-combing plant at clothing company Grattan’s new site on Thornton Road.
50 years ago: A Baildon couple revealed they had been offered £75 each in compensation for their harrowing experience of spending hours in the sea after the Greek luxury liner Lakonia caught fire during a Christmas cruise.
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