Bradford Family Album

Bradford Family Album is a new nationally important archive, bringing together an extensive collection of family photographs collected from diverse communities across the Bradford district.

From circus parades on Bolton Road in BD3 to Eid celebrations in Manningham’s Lister Park, the photographs capture personal milestones, cultural traditions and everyday moments of connection. Spanning from the 1920s to the early 2000s, the online archive invites you to explore images by location, theme, and decade; with the opportunity to delve deeper into specific personal histories through extended Stories. This living archive is a collective record of how people have preserved heritage, adapted customs, and shaped new ones in the process of making Bradford their home.

Bradford Family Album is a community-sourced archive of family photographs built through dedicated community outreach. The archive brings together personal photographs from households, families, and community hubs across the Bradford district. The photographs and stories have been digitised and transformed into an online archive, ensuring that these fragments of personal history are safeguarded for future generations.

The archive has been developed by Impressions Gallery and our young people’s collective New Focus: Bradford Young Curators along with a team of mentors, including curator Angela Brown, photographer & archivist Anand Chhabra and photography historian Brian Liddy.

Bradford Family Album curated and produced by Impressions Gallery and New Focus: Bradford Young Curators. Commissioned by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.