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He became head of the firm of Milligan, Forbes and Co, which became synonymous with the stuff trade in Bradford. Milligan was the first Mayor of Bradford (1847–48) and subsequently Liberal MP for the borough in three successive Parliaments between 1851 and 1857. His partner, London traveller Henry Forbes, was also mayor of Bradford in 1849 ...
The Yorkshire Evening Argus and the Bradford Daily Telegraph newspapers later combined to form the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, which has occupied its present building, the former Milligan and Forbes Warehouse for some decades. "Bradford" was dropped from the title in the 1930s, when the paper's circulation area spread across much of West Yorkshire.
Bradford Star (1981-2000) [1]; Harrogate Herald (1847–1957), pub. Robert Ackrill. [2]Hull Portfolio, radical newspaper of James Acland, founded c.1831.; The Hull Packet and East Riding Times [3] / The Hull Packet Humber Mercury or Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Advertiser [4] / Yorkshire Advertiser
Later in the century, the Daily News came to prominence, selling 150,000 copies a day in the 1870s, [1] while by 1890, The Daily Telegraph had a circulation of 300,000. Sunday newspaper sales also grew rapidly, with Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper being the first to sell one million copies an issue. [ 2 ]
Bradford's only television station AAP TV caters for Bradford's large Asian community. The Telegraph and Argus is Bradford's daily newspaper, published six days each week from Monday to Saturday. The Bradford Mela is now part of the bigger Bradford Festival in June. [160] The word mela is Sanskrit for 'a gathering' or 'to meet'. In the UK ...
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Bradford Libraries is a public library service serving the City of Bradford Metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. There are 30 libraries including City Library in Bradford city centre. There is also a Local Studies and Archives Library in separate premises in the city centre.
Bradford City have one official mascot, Billy Bantam. [citation needed] Bradford City announced 'Own The Moment' 2022–23 season ticket sales of 14,190 in September 2022. The figure was a League Two record for the club. It surpassed the previous fourth-tier season-ticket sales record of 13,614 in 2019–20. [100]