Ten images of Bradford's Broadway from down the years, taken from some of the hundreds of glass plate negatives we have stored in our archives. Some of which have never been seen before.

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Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

The top of Broadway near what was the Ritz cinema. The decorations are for the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

Excavating building foundations, 1959.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

Under construction, Broadway, in 1959.

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Entering a new phase, Broadway, pictured December 24, 1959.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

Broadway still open to traffic in this early Sixties photograph, with Stone’s electric shop at the junction with Forster Square.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

The new opening of the new WH Smith store in Bradford's Broadway, 1960.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

1960: The modern interior of the new WH Smith store, Broadway.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

Broadway from City Hall.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus:

Broadway, April 1961, showing the junction with Charles Street.