OPENING a stand at Valley Parade, unveiling a plaque at the city s police headquarters, The Queen has a long and distinguished relationship with Bradford. Her Majesty celebrates her 95th birthday today, her first as a widow following the Duke of Edinburgh’s death earlier this month. Today is The Queen’s 95th birthday. HM was born on 21 April 1926 at 17 Bruton Street in London, the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York. This year The Queen remains at Windsor Castle during a period of Royal Mourning following the death of The Duke of Edinburgh. pic.twitter.com/kOeH399Ndp The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 21, 2021
York cookery writer Laura Mason at the Mansion House for the York Food and Drink Festival in September 2005
Picture: Mike Tipping LOVING tributes have been paid to Laura Mason, the York cookery writer and food historian, who has died from cancer aged 63. Laura, who died on February 2, was born in Ilkley but settled in York. Her funeral took place on February 15. She was well known in York for her cookery writing and involvement with the York Food Festival. As an expert on confectionery she advised the makers of the 2004 film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, on the set-up of Honeyduke’s Sweetshop.
SOME of the weird and wonderful job titles of yesteryear have been recalled by a Bradford photographer. Ian Beesley has shared his collection of images of people carrying out jobs from a bygone age, from sites including mills, across the Bradford district from the 1970s and 80s.
A Bobbin Doffer How many of the following jobs, which were carried out in decades gone by do you recognise by their title alone? They are: carders, casters combers, fettlers, doffers, liggers, tatlers, fitters, burlers, menders, sorters, weavers, spinners, porers, corers, patternmakers, stampers, mulespinners, winders, dyers, bleachers, scourers, warpers, plate layers, roadrunners, capsteamers, tip stretchers, hood turners, fitters, balers, packers and quenchers.
FROM punks to ‘soulies’, the youth culture of Bradford in the 1970 and 80s is celebrated in a new exhibition Being Young in Bradford draws on the experiences of six people who grew up in the district during the era’s vibrant music scenes. On display are items from personal collections relating to punk, Bradford bands, sound system DJs, scooters and Northern Soul. The exhibition is a partnership between Bradford Council’s Museums and Galleries service and the Being Bradford collective. The exhibition was originally planned for Cartwright Hall and is now online, with content including photos, video clips and blogs shared on social media. People are invited to post their own memories of being a teenager in the district, starting with those growing up in the 1970s and 80s.