In 1880, three people died in a fire at Sutcliffe's Mill, Valley Road, Bradford.
In 1907, Bradford Old Bank and Birmingham Bank amalgamated.
In 1970, the first jumbo jet landed at Heathrow.
From the T&A of January 12, 1976...Bradford College students are holding a charity dance to raise money for elderly people on the Canterbury estate, Bradford.
From the T&A of January 12, 1951...The old Shakespeare Hotel, a beerhouse delcared "redundant" in Bowling Back Lane, Bradford, was bought at auction by builder Frank Dalby last night for £290. He intends to convert it into flats, he told a T&A reporter.
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