Category: History

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Being Young in Bradford

Being Young in Bradford – Abby

Continuing with our series of blogs and extracts focusing on the experiences of ‘Being Young in Bradford’. This week’s memories are being shared by Abby.

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bradford waits sketch
Art

Bradford Christmas Waits

Bradford Christmas Waits As the festive period is in full swing, one of our Assistant Curators of Collections, Dr Lauren Padgett, has been looking into

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1872 the sale of a wife
Blog

Wife-selling in Victorian Bradford

Last year for International Women’s Day, our Assistant Collections Curator Lauren Padgett gave a popular and lively illustrated talk on wife-selling. This year, she has kindly

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recollections
Blog

The War Hospitals of Keighley

Our Assistant Curator, Kirsty agreed to write this blog, sharing an insight into some more of the stores currently being told in the Keighley’s War

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News and Blogs from Bradford District Museums & Galleries

This latest blog from our volunteer Ian looks at the Butterfield Brothers as business men - which isn't a story we've told before.
Bradford District Museums and Galleries (BDMG) have worked with the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors to co-curate an exhibition marking their 150-year anniversary. The exhibition ‘We Built This City’: 150 Years of the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors launched on the 28th of September 2024 at Bradford Industrial Museum. Assistant Curator of Collections, Dr Lauren Padgett, tells us more: