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THE THIRTIES> click on a date to go there
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
LIBRARY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS
NATIONAL NEWS
INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• R.S. Crossley retires as Chief Librarian. T.J. Kirkpatrick appointed.

• Increase in books borrowed in year ending Oct. 1939, with marked interest in international affairs and particularly with Germany.

Hundreds of Bradford children are evacuated to the Keighley area in September.

• WWII starts. (3/9)

• Spanish Civil War ends.

• Gone with the Wind,
Wizard of Oz films.

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