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JB Priestley's Lost City

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JB Priestley

Bradford: A 'Lost City'?

In 1958, Bradford's JB Priestley revisited his home city and came to some pretty controversial conclusions. Read on to find out why he thought Bradford was just 'not good enough'...

Just 'a sentimental journey'?

Faces from Lost City

When Lost City was first shown, not everybody was happy with the way Priestley portrayed Bradford...

Watch Priestley's Lost City here!

Lost City intro screen

Click here to watch JB Priestley's Lost City film for yourself! [REALPLAYER REQUIRED]

Then and now: Priestley's Bradford!

Trolleybus in Bradford taken from Lost City

Fifty years on from JB Priestley's Lost City, we revisit some of the Bradford places caught on film!

More about Bradford's JB Priestley

J.B. Priestley

Want to know more about one of Bradford's most famous sons. Click here to go to jbpriestley.co.uk!

View the Bang Goes The Theory blog.

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