This week’s trip down memory lane is a must for all cricket fans. As the cricket season gets underway, take a look at these nostalgic gems from yesteryear.
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Despite warnings that the stand was unsafe, spectators took the risk to watch Yorkshire played Northants at Bradford's park Avenue in 1977
Cricket spectators at Bradford's park Avenue ground banned from using the back of the football stand because it was unsafe in 1977
Manningham Mill's Velvet Warehouse cricket team August 1921
Manningham Mills with the Priestley Cup in 1977
Mr. W. A. Foster, president of the Bradford Cricket League, opening the new dressing rooms and pavilion at Eccleshill Cricket Club in 1960
Sir Leonard Hutton's favourite ground Bradford Park Avenue in 1973
The anxious crowd watches Undercliffe beat Bingley by six wickets during the Priestley Cup final in 1974
Undercliffe Cricket Club made sure of winning at least one trophy with their under 14 side who had won the Bradford Junior League's Under 14 cup in 1971
Yorkshire captain Ronnie Burnett, Johnny Wardle and Vic Wilson take the field at the two-day Yorkshire County trial match at Park Avenue, in 1958
A sad scene at the home of cricket, Bradford Park Avenue as groundsman Roy Whyatt returns for one last act of devotion in 1986
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