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Friday, 16 August 2024

Visit Bradford...


 Visit Bradford... before bits of Bradford visit you! 

This little poster in the Peace Museum made me hoot with laughter. It must date back to the 1970s/80s, when we were all worried about the potential for nuclear war (as if we aren't now!) Bradford declared itself a nuclear free zone in 1981, following similar actions by Manchester, the Greater London Council and other towns and cities in the UK. It was in many ways a protest against the then Conservative government's policies, including the publishing of a booklet called 'Protect and Survive', telling us all what to do in the event of a nuclear attack. See HERE

I was employed by Bradford Council in the 1980s and remember a marketing campaign called 'Bradford's Bouncing Back', an attempt to spin the more positive aspects of our area. I suspect this poster was part of the same initiative. Thankfully you can still visit Bradford and enjoy many of the same things, some 40+ years later.  

3 comments:

  1. I always remember the quiet leafy Cambridge suburb of Newnham earnestly declaring itself a nuclear-free zone. They put up posters which boldly proclaimed "Newnham Against The Bomb!" which always sounded a rather unequal contest and one which could only go badly.

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  2. So bits of Bradford would mean explosive bits flying all over? How sad to use that as a tourist draw! I thought at first they meant bits of the wool coming our way in clothes from the mills. I'm too literal I guess.

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  3. I'm laughing at the Brönteland... (ö instead of ë)

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