In 1835, Henry Burden patented the horseshoe manufacturing machine.
In 1889, the first juke-box was installed in the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco.
In 2000, Tony Blair announced that the UK would take June 2, 2002, as a Bank Holiday to celebrate the Queen's 50 years on the throne.
25 years ago
Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of November 23, 1982...
Prizes from the stars proved a big incentive in a novel fundraising effort to buy a new printing machine for West Bowling Workshop.
50 years ago
Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of November 23, 1957...
Bradford Royal Infirmary was "one of the three finest hospitals in the land" said Col Sir Malcolm Staddat-Scott, MP for Ripon, when he opened the last day of Bradford Lions Club's three-day charity bazaar today.
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