A selection of local books published since 1987
Elvira Willmott
(First published in 1991 in volume 5, pp. 81-85, of the third series of The Bradford Antiquary, the journal of the Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society.)
Arnold, A.J. | A game that would pay: a business history of professional football in Bradford. Duckworth, 1988. £19.50. 217pp |
Batty, Stephen R. | Leeds/Bradford: rail centres. Ian Allan, 1989. £11.95. 160pp |
Binns, Kathleen | A family affair my Bradford childhood. Bradford Libraries and Information Service, 1988. £2.50. 51pp |
Bradburn, Elizabeth | Margaret MacMillan, portrait of a pioneer. Routledge, 1988. £35.00. 267pp |
Bradford Heritage Recording Unit | Destination Bradford: a century of immigration. Bradford Libraries and Information Service, 1987. £3.95. 96pp |
Bradford Heritage Recording Unit | Textile voices: mill life this century, edited by Olive Howarth. Bradford Libraries and Information Service, 1989. £3.95. 84pp |
Bradford Libraries and Information Service | The siege of Bradford an account of Bradford in the Civil War. Bradford Libraries and Information Services, 1989. £2.95. 39pp [Review] |
Carter, Grace H. | Wiche is Wyke. ASAP, 1988. £2.63. 94pp |
City of Bradford Metropolitan Council Planning Division. | Best listed buildings of Bradford. CBMC, 1988. £1.50. 20pp |
Cooper, Joe | The case of the Cottingley fairies. Robert Hale, 1990. £11.95. 169pp |
Croft, David J. | The Nidd Valley Light Railway. 2nd edition. Oakwood Press, 1987. £4.95. 80pp |
Dewhirst, Ian | Keighley in old picture postcards. European Library, 1987. £6.95 |
Dewhirst, Ian | Keighley in the 1930s and 1940s. Hendon Publishing, 1989 £4.40 |
East Bowling History Workshop | Don't look back love and other stories of the Second World War 1939-1945. EBHW (Mrs. E. Hanslip, 75, Brompton Road, Bradford, BD4 7JE). 1989. £1.95. 95pp |
Eccleshill Local History Group | Memories of Eccleshill. University of Leeds (Dept. of External Studies, Leeds, LS2 9JT). 1990. £1.75. 65pp |
Firth, Gary | Bradford and the Industrial Revolution: an economic history 1760-1840. Ryburn Publishing, 1990. £17.50. 221pp |
Frost, Terry | Bradford City: a complete record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport, 1988. £14.95. 416pp |
Gillan, D.R. and others | Of boars and bantams: the pictorial history and record of Bradford City AFC. Temple Printing, 1988. £12.95. 216pp |
Girlington Local History Group | This and That: a collection of memories of Girlington people. Girlington Community Centre, 1989. Out of print. 37pp |
Goode, C.T. | The Railways of Leeds and Bradford. Author, 1987. Out of print. 64pp |
Hartley, B.R. | Roman Ilkley. Olicana Museum and Historical Society, 1987 £2.50. 34pp |
Hartley, Malcolm and Clapham, Tim | The Avenue: Bradford Park Avenue pictorial history and club record. Temple Nostalgia, 1987. Out of print. 192pp |
Holdsworth, Peter | Domes of delight. the history of the Bradford Alhambra. Bradford Libraries and Information and Information Service, 1989. £8.95. 121pp [Review] |
James, David | Bradford. Ryburn Publishing, 1990. £9.95. 192pp |
Johnson, Edward H. | The Bradford Almanack: a compilation of oddities, ephemera, dialect stories and memorabilia of Bradford folk life. Bradford Libraries and Information Service, 1990. £4.95. 78pp [Review] |
Jones, Marjorie | Count up to ten: an account of a Bradford childhood in the twenties. Bradford Libraries and Information Service, 1987 £3.50. 125pp |
Keighley, Mark | A fabric huge: the story of Listers. James and James, 1989. Hardback £15.95, Paperback £9.95. 95pp [Review] |
Kenzie, Ken | A plot of irregular land. Highfield DTP, 1989. £1.00. 22pp |
Laisterdyke Local History Group | Remembering Laisterdyke. University of Leeds (Dept. of Adult and Continuing Education) LS2 9JT), 1988. £1.50. 63pp |
McDermott, Michael | Allerton in bygone days. Author (12, Ayresome Oval, Allerton, Bradford, BD15 7UP), 1989. £2.99. 21pp |
McDermott, Michael | Allerton village past and present. Author, 1987. Out of print. 21 pp |
Mason, Kate M. | Woolcombers worsteds and watermills: Addingham's industrial revolution. Addingham Civic Society. 1989. £2.95. 51pp |
Morton Village Society | East Morton: a thousand years of history. MVS, 1990. £4.99. 63pp |
Ratcliffe, Roger | The Bradford book: the first-ever handbook/survival guide to the Bradford area. Aire Press, 1990. £4.95. 192pp |
Redmonds, George | Yorkshire surname series. Part1. Bradford and district. Author (5, Knotty Lane, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0ND), 1990. £2.70. 64pp |
Shepherd, E.M. | Brooksbank, yeomen of the Dales (their times, friends and connections). Author, 1989. £4.95. 78pp [Review] |
Taylor, Vera G. | Denholme: a history in words and pictures. Countryside Publications, 1988. £3.25. 48pp |
Varo, Stanley | A mercantile meander. Author,1989. £1.75. 36pp |
Warren, Denise | Those first affections. ASAP 1987 £2.50.63pp |
Warwick, M. | Greenholme Mills remembered. Author (7 Endor Grove, Burley-in-Wharfedale), 1988. £2.25. 23pp |
Wharton, Ronnie | The best of Bradford amateur football : a series of articles on famous and legendary football teams from past to present. Author, 1987 £2.60. 119pp |
Wharton, Ronnie | A pick of the best of Bradford amateur football: a second series of articles on famous and legendary football teams from past to present. Author, 1987. £3.00. 106pp |
Whitworth, Alan | Bradford in times past. Countryside publications, 1987. £2.95. 48pp |
Whitworth, Alan | Thornton in times past. Countryside Publications, 1987 48pp |
Williams, Nigel | Bradford Northern: the history 1863-1989. Author, 1989. £9.99. 395pp |
Windhill Memories Group
Costigan, Arthur | Memories of Briggate Windhill: people and places. £0.40 |
Hudson, Milton | Briggate: the story of a road. £0.35 |
King, Bill | Memories of Windhill. £3.00 |
Lonsdale, Ralph | A boyhood in Woodend 1915-1929. £0.50 |
Lonsdale, Ralph & Iris | Woodend-Windhill hamlet to hive 1850-1939. £0.50 |
Moorhouse, Lillian | A tapestry of Windhill. £0.50 |
Moorhouse, Lillian | Yesterday's Windhill. £0.50 |
Carman, Jean | Growing up in wartime Windhill. £0.60. |
North East Windhill Community Association (Church Street, Windhill, Shipley, BD18 2NR).
© 1991, Elvira Willmott and The Bradford Antiquary