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WHEN Martin Greenwood set out to write a book on the people, places and events of Bradford, he decided to offer a story for every day of the year. Every Day Bradford took two years to complete and is a fascinating profile of the district’s movers and shakers - from Samuel Cunliffe Lister to Dynamo - social reform, industry, immigration, sport, architecture, the arts, and much more. Here is Manningham-born Martin’s account of creating his ambitious Bradford profile: When I wrote a biography of my grandfather, Percy Monkman, I did some research into Victorian Bradford to understand his early life. What interested me particularly was the gulf between the wealth of mill-owners and the poverty of workers. My great-great-grandmother died of cholera when 34, living off Manningham Lane, leaving eight children, her husband later having four more. This poor family lived a stone’s throw from elegant mansions with servants.

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