Bradford is a city in West Yorkshire, the city grew in the 19th century as an international centre of textile manufacture, particularly wool. It was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and amongst the earliest industrialised settlements, rapidly becoming the “wool capital of the world”; this in turn gave rise to the nicknames “Woolopolis” and “Wool City”. The name Bradford orginate from the Old English. “Broad Ford,” referring to a crossing over the Bradford Beck, the middle ages it was a small market town, known for its wool trade.
Key landmarks like Salts Mills and Lister’s Mills symbolizes Bradford’s industrial heritage, as the textile industry boomed, it attracted workers from across the UK, and later in Europe and South Asia. Post-WWII, Bradford saw significant immigration, particular from South Asia, which added to the city’s cultural vibrancy, As of today, Bradford has one of the largest South Asian community in the UK, when the textile industry declined, Bradford reinvented itself with focus on education, arts and culture, and has several attractions such as the national science and media museum, and the UNESCO city of film designation.