FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN

  • London
    • Introduction
    • South Bank
    • Battersea Pleasure Gardens
    • Press Coverage
  • Leeds
    • Opening Ceremony
    • Press Coverage
    • Celebrations
    • LCC’s account
    • Press Coverage
    • Woodhouse Moor Exhibition
    • Press Release
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    • Gallery
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    • British Music Debate
      • A notable Leeds survey of British music
      • Letters
  • Other Towns
    • Campania
    • Mcr v Leeds
    • Bradford
    • York
    • Manchester
  • Current Affairs
    • News Items
    • Cinema
  • Epilogue
    • Retrospectives
    • Memories
    • Cine Films
  • Celebrations

Bradford

Bradford

A Bradford party at the Festival

Bill
June 11, 1951

With 1,197 employees and friends of a large Bradford store, I arrived back in Bradford at 5 o’clock yesterday morning. Our eyes were very tired and we had mixed feelings about the Festival of Britain.     Yorkshire Post

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Bradford

A Festival tale of two cities: Leeds & Bradford

FREDERICK P. KNOWLSON
June 27, 1951

This is a tale of two cities. It starts with a question. Why has Leeds wrapped itself up in a mile of bunting and a thousand flags while Bradford, only eight miles away, goes about in its working clothes? Leeds, some Bradford people say, has dressed itself up merely for…

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