A YEAR after a raging inferno razed Bradford’s 155-year-old Drummond Mill to the ground, an arts group which worked inside the building after the looms went quiet staged an anniversary arts event and lantern parade.
Cecil Green Arts Group organised the event at St Mary Magdalene Church, in Manningham, a year to the day that the mill caught fire.
Katie Jones, of Cecil Green Arts Group, said there had been a steady stream of visitors to the church to see artefacts from the mill as well as a slide show of life in the mill, complete with the sound of the noisy machinery.
Children from nearby primary schools helped make some of the clay models of mill workers for one of the displays while some of the firefighters from Bradford, who were first on the scene on January 28 last year, showed dramatic footage of the blaze.
Station commander Ronnie Goldwater said: “It was a very sad day when the mill burned down, but events like this keep the memories alive. The Mills were a huge part of Bradford’s success.”
The event concluded with a parade of 200 lanterns.
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