We often visit Saltaire with its wonderful Salts Mill but we don't really have many reasons to visit Bradford, just 4 miles further on. It offers little for us that cannot be found in nearer cities - Manchester, Liverpool - or towns.
However, its fine cathedral has been on our list for some time. It's not grand on the scale of Durham or Lincoln; in fact, it only became a cathedral in 1919. Although it is on a hill above the city, thanks to modern shopping centre it can hardly be seen from the city centre.
However, it has Morris & Co stained glass windows and other interesting features which we were keen to see. But it was extensively remodelled in the 1960s, including re-siting some of the Morris & Co windows so that the east end of the church now has three windows where there was once one large window. The 1960s weren’t a great time for buildings but it seems to have survived more or less in one piece.
The weather was beautiful and, thanks to British Summer Time, the days seem longer. So off we went.
We have also been interested in the city's branch of Waterstones, based in the former Wool Exchange on the wonderfully named road, Hustlergate.
