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August 3, 2024

HAPPENINGS IN HISTORY: Bicycles and Bradford

By SALLY RYAN COSTIK Curator of the Bradford Landmark Society

The bicycle craze hit Bradford pretty hard around 1885. The fad had been sweeping across the nation for several years, and it was only a matter of time before the

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