The good old days but has changed so much I left Bradford and don't regret .

Better days miss them

Some good photographs. Best viewed slowed down, I found. Most notable for me were the Fine Fare in Forster Square (when it wasn't a square anymore!) Famous for its inclusion in the film Billy Liar along with all the construction around; and the remains of Busby's basement. I was cycling home from work one afternoon and stopped to watch as smoke had started coming out of the windows of the old closed-down store on Manningham Lane. Then the fire engines came and I thought they'd soon have the fire out. As we know it burned to the ground, as did the Royal Standard pub opposite, and around the same time. This coincidence was very timely as it allowed the swift development of the road works that would eventually bring to the city, the beautiful splendour of Ham Strasse - a magnet for so many. Bradford has had many similar strokes of luck, as its old, disused victorian architecture happened to burn down just as the council wanted to replace it with our current, modern, regimented heaps of concrete, steel, glass and asbestos; much of which is now in the process of itself being torn-down.

I grew up in this city we were quite poor but happy as kids, still here now at seventy one years old and i am sorry to say i despair for the future of my grandchildren here, i pray ime wrong but can only see a despairing future for them, and i am helpless to do anything about it, so sad.

Wish I'd had the foresight to take photo's of my time growing up in Bradford, so many memories in your photo's, especially the ones taken on Leeds Road, judging by the cars these would have been taken mid to late 1970s.

0.28 MCC. Worked there in 1983.

Its like a flash back to me, i was born and brought up in Bradford - before i escaped. Seeing the spot were buzbys department store used to be with the yorkshire bank brought back old memories.

I can remember Forrest motors on Leeds road from when I was a kid good photos taken me back ❤

It's a dump now.i remember woman scrubbing their doorsteps on grape Street Allerton when I was a kid.intergration my arse.

I left 30 years ago, the best move I made, what used to be a great place to live has now been turned into a 3rd world cesspit

C&A sales!

i left in 71 but still go back "home" occasionally mainly for fish cakes lol

Bradford was best and rich city in England check history before 1980

The Cemetery pub! My first job was behind there, at lunchtime it was absolutely normal to split times and go for a pint & food with your workmates, no wonder we were happier then.

.50 is the demolition site on Manningham Lane where Debenhams/Busby’s dept store used to be. I left Debenhams in February 1978 and the store remained open for a few months longer. Apparently there was a preservation order on the ornate frontage to the building and it burnt down some time following.

The place is now an absolute dump, intergration, my ass!

The most noticeable thing is that no cars appear to be parked on the pavement i travel on of these roads daily and you would find it hard to walk unobstructed for Audi's and Golfs.

I think this video was taken in mid seventies . I studied there from 1978 to 80 . Long time ah....

In those days, not a black face to be seen. Now, not a white face to be seen.

What a shame, its filthy and dangerous now

It's better now.

That is when Bradford was clean

The whole town is now a complete dump and we all know the reason why!