Category: History

1872 the sale of a wife
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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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Cottingley Fairies

‘Do you believe in fairies?’  IN this blog, Heather Millard, our Social History curator describes the research she’s been doing into the Cottingley Fairies…. If

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a selection of folklore books
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May Day

No, it’s not a plea for help, but rather the subject of this week’s blog. If you’re visiting Cliffe Castle this week (or, indeed youvisited

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cliffe castle 12 Square
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Trams

Our Curator of Technology, Liz McIvor agreed to write this week’s blog. She writes: What’s the difference between a tram and a trolleybus? Both forms

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News and Blogs from Bradford District Museums & Galleries

Here in Bradford, we have some significant Morris connections to explore.
For Women's History Month a brief overview of some of the women in the Butterfield Family.
Dr Lauren Padgett, shines a light on one of the most superstitious objects in our collection..
what is wonderful about the collections that we look after is the sheer range and variety of what we hold and the stories that we can tell with them.
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