From the T&A...

25 years ago: Bradford Council announced that the city’s colourful annual festival, which made a £127,000 loss in 1988, may have to be scrapped unless a private sponsor could be found.

50 years ago: More than 300 people attended a public meeting at Kings Hall, Ilkley, to protest against the proposed withdrawal of rail services between Ilkley, Leeds and Bradford outlined in the Beeching report.