Plaque 5 at the bottom of Sunbridge Road by a fish and chip shop and is sponsored by Yorkshire Water.
“In pure flow below Sunbridge
Fish once chased“
From this plaque you can just see Centenary Square and you may want to nip across to have a closer look. It was named to mark the centenary of Bradford being granted city status in 1897. This meant that the Mayor would be known as the Lord Mayor and the Council could enact bye laws. From an obscure market town with a population of 6,000 by 1910 Bradford was booming: the World centre of the wool trade and one of Europe’s wealthiest cities.
In the Square stands the Bradford City fire disaster memorial which the Queen honoured with a wreath on her visit for the centennial ceremonies in 1997.
