BPS - Centenary 1960

Bradford Photographic Society Centenary 1960

Researched from the Society archives . . .

The Council of the BPS during 1960-61

Back row: J H Kellett; E Hirst; B Rawlinson; L Dinsdale; B R Newton; D Robinson;
J Hanson; E Simpson and E Preston.
Middle row: J H Blackadder ARPS; A E Epps; G Parr; D Bates; W Hargreaves;
N Stow ARPS; H Mitchell; L Braybrook; K L Redford; A C Walker and C Holdsworth.
Front row seated: E B Johnson; H Thackwray ARPS; A Greenwood ARPS;
J W Murray; H D Halliday (President); E Whitaker; H M Storey ARPS;
G E Sunderland FRPS and J F Mather ARPS.
(Taken from original photograph by G E Sunderland FRPS.
Location: BPS meeting room at Unity Hall, Rawson Square.)

The Bradford Telegraph and Argus reported on June 20th 1960 with a lengthy four-column
spread of the celebrations of the BPS, the fourth oldest in the country. The Centenary was
marked by the publication of a Souvenir Handbook and an Exhibition staged in the
Bradford City Art Gallery.

Following the opening of the Exhibition by J.E.P. Bardsley, ARPS and President of
the Royal Photographic Society, a Celebration Dinner was held at the Victoria Hotel
attended by the Lord Mayor, Alderman Edgar Robinson and his wife.