In 1911, Bradford City Council purchased the Rosse Estate properties.

In 1926, missing writer Agatha Christie was found at a Harrogate hotel, under an assumed name.

In 1962, the US spacecraft Mariner II sent back the first close-up photographs of Venus.

From the Telegraph & Argus of December 14th, 1977...

A quarter of a million pounds will be spent on Brown,Muff's next year, according to Sir Hugh Fraser, chairman of House of Fraser, which owns the stores company. At a staff gathering in the new self-service restaurant at the main Brown,Muff's store in Bradford, he said about £150,000 had been spent this year so far.

From the Telegraph & Argus of December 14th, 1952...

The weekend brought no rest and relaxation to five engineers are were still hard at work in the Gaumont Theatre, Bradford. They are Mr. Bill Davies, a soft spoken Canadian from Winnipeg, and his team of four, who have been laying the ice-rink for tonight's opening performance of "Babes In The Wood on Ice".