Long Train Running – Bradford engineer reflects on a long and diverse career
Now an International Author, Tony Boobier graduated in Civil and Structural Engineering in 1979, and reflects on a diverse, full and extremely interesting career.
Posts Categorized: Bradford
50th year anniversary celebration – Three former Mechanical Engineering Students pay homage to the University of Bradford
An account by John McEvoy of a reunion of three former Bradford BEng Mechanical Engineering Graduates (1971) who returned to the University in October 2017 to celebrate 50 years since they first met in the first ear of their Bradford degree in 1967.
Finding Yourself
On my first day at the University at Bradford, I remember the panic and nerves setting in before even reaching the institute. Although I’d initially applied for a physiotherapy course,…
Graduates from 1977, eh?
“Graduates from 1977, eh?” said curator Andy with a grin as he welcomed us in. “I’ll talk louder, then”. Good thing he did. Time had done its share of…
50 Years’ Chemistry Reunion – Woohoo!!
What a great weekend! We finally made it after 50 years. The weekend started on Friday afternoon when we began assembling at Heaton Mount. Ron and Helen Armstrong, Ian and…
20-Year Pharmacy Reunion, Class of 1993-97
If someone had said to me on graduating in July 1997 that our first reunion would be twenty years later and I would be arranging it, I would have ridiculed…
People Power: Bradford treasures on show in London
2017 offers a very rare chance to see the original sketches of the ‘peace symbol’. Special Collections and the Trustees of the Commonweal Library are lending the sketches to a…
Bradford Chemistry Reunion 2017
What were you doing in June 50 years ago? Don’t know? Well a group of Bradford chemistry students know exactly what they were doing, they were celebrating graduating. In 1967…
Med School Reject: Finding success in your failure
My journey at the University of Bradford began with me not wanting to stay at Bradford University. I remember my first day, I had not packed or prepared anything for…
A University is Born!
At noon on 18 October 1966, the Royal Signature of Queen Elizabeth II granted the Royal Charter by which the University of Bradford was founded. As a College of Advanced Technology, the…