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Bradford Leasing

Did You Know?

Bradford is Britain’s curry capital: each year a national competition is held to see who makes the best curries in Britain. The competition is among restaurants that are selected by local councils and then judged on many specific features based on this famous dish, along with how it is presented.

Bradford city park, you’ll find a beautiful fountain. The park is located near the Grade 1 listed Bradford City hall, and this is where you’ll find a lovely mirror pool. This is the home of the highest water fountain in Britain! The fountain can shoot water up as high as 100 ft!

Bradford is home to the largest former industrial building! The Salts Mill was built back in 1853 and was designed by Lockwood Mawson. The owner was Sir Titus Salt. When the building was completed, it was the largest industrial building in the world! It was used up until 1986, when it closed.

Oldest concert hall in still in use: Bradford is also home to the oldest concert hall, which is still in use in the UK! In fact, this is the third oldest on the entire continent. St. George’s Hall was opened back in 1853 and it’s still going strong today.

The name of the city: today we tend to forget that place names were chosen for a reason. In the case of Bradford, the name literally means “village by a ford.” The first part of the name “Brad” meant broad. So, the name should really be “Village by a Broad Ford.”

Do you remember a car manufacturer called Jowett? This was a vehicle manufacturer that once had a factory in Bradford. Jowett made light cars and light commercial vehicles, along with peddle bikes. The company was started in 1906 by the Benjamin Brothers.

King of wool: back in the 19th century, Bradford became the international centre for textile manufacture, especially in wool. The city became a boomtown during the industrial revolution, which led it to becoming the wool capital of the world.

The city invented school dinners: actually, the city was the very first place in the UK to serve state-funded meals. This started back in 1906 at one of Bradford’s primary schools. The meals were started due to school children collapsing from hunger.

St Andrews in Greenstead is believed to be the oldest wooden church in the world dating all the way back to 1081. That means the church is nearly 1000 years old!

The city had its own Batman: back in 2013, Bradford was being kept safe from criminals by a somewhat chubby guy fitted out in a full Batman costume! This Bradford Batman went so far as to take a burglary suspect into custody and turn the guy in at the central police station!. The Caped Crusader’s identity has never been revealed. Is he still roaming the city doing good and fighting crime?