SIR - I was rather bemused by the letter from Elaine Neale (February 20) re her visit to Bradford archives. The archives haven’t been moved and they remain in what was previously the Bradford Central Library.
The only change is that they are now much improved following a major refurbishment and on the ground floor with access on the side of the building but not at the back as suggested in her letter. I am sorry that she found it intimidating to visit and had to pass some “undesirables”.
That has not been my experience when I have visited and I hope that she will give it another try. I don’t know how she travelled there but there is car parking on Sharp St at the rear of the building which is very close and well lit.
She asks that the archives be moved to a more central position in the City Centre. I am afraid that is not possible as archive documents have to be kept in specialised, climate controlled conditions and it would be very costly to move them from their present site.
Cllr Val Slater, Chair of West Yorkshire Archives Committee
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