A Quiz about Bradford and some of the people who came to settle here

In 1851, Bradford had the highest proportion in Yorkshire of which immigrant population? The Irish By % of Bradford’s population were Irish What can you remember?

What year did Bradford have its First foreign born Mayor? 1864 Charles Sermon, a German Jew, became Mayor of Bradford What can you remember?

Following the Second World War 2 significant numbers of migrants arrived in Bradford, 3,400 & 4,000 - which countries did they come from? 3,400 Ukrainian 4,000 Polish

A group of people settled in Bradford in the 1940’s known as the ‘Ostarbeiters’. Who were they & where did they come from? They were Ukrainian, Polish, Baltic & Yugoslavian immigrants from displaced persons’ camps in Germany, who had been forcibly removed from their countries to work on German farms and factories. What can you remember?

In 1902, of the 36 wool merchants that resided in Bradford, 23 of them originated from which Country? Germany What can you remember?

Around the 1880’s Bradford had a large influx of migrants from a European Country, a large proportion of them came and lived around the bottom of Otley Road and often worked as Street Entertainers, what was the country they came from? Italy What can you remember?

Following Germany’s invasion of a particular country during the First World War, a number of refugees from that country settled in Bradford, which country was this? Belgium What can you remember?

In the 1830’s the Bradford Observer, the forerunner to the Telegraph & Argus, would print jokes about which group of immigrants? The Irish What can you remember?

Can you name any of the Towns that Bradford is twinned with? Galway, Ireland – twinned 1987 Moenchengladbach, Germany – twinned 1971 Roubaix, France – twinned 1969 Skopie, Macedonia – twinned 1963 Verviers, Belgium – twinned 1970 There is also a friendship agreement with Mirpur District Council, Pakistan What can you remember?

In August 1848 a riot took place on Manchester Road, what do you think sparked it? A large group of English Navvies confronted a group of Irish reapers returning to Bradford from seasonal work in Lincolnshire. What can you remember?

What Area of The Asian Sub Continent did the Majority of Asian Migrants that settled in Bradford come from? Mirpur District of Southern Azad Kashmir

What can you remember? What 2 West Indian Islands did the majority of West Indian migrants that settled in Bradford come from? Dominica and Jamaica

What can you remember? What was the name of the 1962 Immigration Act that affected the number of new migrants coming to Bradford and the UK? 1962 Commonwealth Immigration Act

What can you remember? Which Commonwealth country had over a ¼ million Indian migrants settling over 70 years prior to it’s independence from Britain? Kenya

What can you remember? What was the main reason for migrants settling in Uganda in the 19th century? To build the railway network

What can you remember? What major incident in 1971 was a reason for a wave of migrants coming to settle in Bradford and the UK? Bangladesh War of Independence with Pakistan

What can you remember? Which was the only British Dependency that agreed to take fleeing Ugandan Asians in 1972? The Falkland Islands

What can you remember? How many days notice did the Ugandan Asians have to leave Uganda or be imprisoned? 90 Days

What can you remember? What happened in 2004 that sparked off a new wave of migrants coming to settle in Bradford & the UK? 10 New countries joined the EU, these included Cyprus, The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia & Slovenia.