On Tuesday 2nd of July, Bradford Local Studies was visited by a Chinese film crew from Phoenix TV. They were in Bradford producing a documentary on the links between the Bradford wool trade and China in the early 1950’s.
They had met various people in Bradford who had knowledge this trade, including relatives of some of the businessmen involved back in the 50’s.
During their visit to the library, Phoenix TV presenter Jay Cao was filmed looking at original copies of Telegraph and Argus articles about the trade links that the Local Studies Library staff had found.
The programme is due to be broadcast in October 2019.