An entrepreneur is a risk taking businessman. Which of these was a building entrepreneur?
A lot of the old houses in Victorian times were unfit to live in. Some employers had better housing built for their workers. Which model village was constructed by Henry Ripley?
A philanthropist helps other people and gives money to charity. Whose work was philanthropic?
An immigrant is someone who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. Name the immigrant from Germany who settled in Bradford.
The use of free time or leisure became an important theme in the Victorian age. What kind of popular leisure activity did Charles Rice run?
New inventions were common in the early textile trade in Victorian times. Who introduced new chemical dying techniques to the trade in Bradford?
Someone who made a significant contribution to local society and politics in a town was sometimes made a Freeman of the Borough as an honour. Who was made the first Freeman of the Borough of Bradford?
Due to the textile trade technical education became very important in Bradford. Who helped to found the technical college?
With the growth of towns and their need for council members local businessmen increasingly saw ways to influence local trade and their workers by going into politics. Who served on the council and became Lord Mayor in 1920?
A Nonconformist is a member of the protestant church but not the Church of England. Which founder of the Bradford Observer was a nonconformist?