 The Upper Globe pub was attacked during the riot & has since lain derelict. The Bradford Riot was a short but intense period of rioting which took place on July 7, 2001, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It occurred as a result of heightened tension between ethnic minority communities and the city's white majority, stoked by confrontation between the Anti-Nazi League and far right groups such as the National Front.[1][2] Similar race riots had occurred a few days earlier in other parts of northern England. Image File history File links Acap. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1692x1119, 363 KB) Summary A picture of the Upper Globe pub on Toller Lane in Bradford. ...
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Background
Bradford is historically a working class, ethnically mixed city. Since its rapid growth in the 19th century, there have been several significant waves of immigration, notably Irish (19th century), Poles (1940s-50s) and South Asian people. At the time of the riot, Bradford had the second highest population of Asians of any UK city, with approximately 68,000 Pakistanis, 12,500 Indians and 5,000 Bangladeshis.[3] However, the majority of people in the city are white (Ethnicity: 78.3% White, and 18.9% S.Asian).[4] The term working class is used to denote a social class. ...
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Ethnic segregation has been exacerbated by the phenomenon of white flight. Over the course of a few decades, the white and Asian communities have become increasingly segregated, forming ghettoes within different areas of the city; for example, at the time of the riot, Toller was 64 percent South Asian[5], Tong was 93 percent white[6], and Wibsey was 91 percent white.[7] White flight is a term for the demographic trend where working- and middle-class white people move away from increasingly racial-minority inner-city neighborhoods to white suburbs and exurbs. ...
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A ghetto is an area where people from a specific racial or ethnic background live as a group in seclusion, voluntarily or involuntarily. ...
2004 Boundaries of Tong Ward Tong (population 17,069 - 2001 UK census) is a Ward in Bradford Metropolitian District in the county of West Yorkshire, England, named after Tong village which is its oldest settlement. ...
Flashpoint On 22-24th June, there were riots in Burnley; two months previously, there were riots in Oldham. Tensions rose after the National Front attempted to organize a march in the city which was banned by Bradford Council. The Anti Nazi League organised a counter march which was allowed to proceed. During the course of the march, a rumour was spread by some of the marchers that National Front sympathizers were gathering at a pub in the center of Bradford. A confrontation then occurred outside the pub in the city centre during which an Asian man was stabbed. According to the appeal court, this incident almost certainly triggered the riot .[8] Stockpiles of weapons including Molotov Cocktails were found at a house near to the city centre prior to the riot although there was no confirmation of this from the police. [citation needed] , Burnley is a large market town in the north-east of Lancashire in north-west England with a population of 73,021[1] (2001 census). ...
A video-still taken from the peak of the riots, showing a rioter throwing a petrol bomb towards lines of police. ...
In the United Kingdom, the British National Front (most commonly called the National Front or NF) is a far right political party that had its major political activities during the 1970s and 1980s. ...
The Anti-Nazi League (ANL) was an organisation set up in 1977 to oppose the rise of far-right groups in Britain. ...
Riots The riot was estimated to have involved 1000 youths, mostly of Asian background. Initial estimates were of 500 police being involved, but later estimates increased this number to 1000. What began as a riot turned into a race-related disturbance, with Asian targeting businesses and cars, along with numerous attacks on shops and property. A notable point of the rioting was the firebombing of Manningham Labour Club, at the time a recreational centre. A 48 year old Asian man was jailed for twelve years for the arson attack.[9] The Club reopened in the spring of 2006 on a different site, approximately one & a half miles away, on Bullroyd Lane, Four Lane Ends.
Between 60 and 100 south Asian youths smashed windows and threw molotov cocktails into the club, forcing the 28 occupants to flee upstairs until the attackers were dispersed by riot police. Exits were blocked by burning cars so the occupants could not flee the burning building, apparently an attempt to prevent escape. The most expensive act of the riot was the arson attack of a BMW dealership, which had previously been attacked in a 1995 disturbance. It was so badly damaged that it had to be demolished entirely. Several public houses were also attacked by Asian youths. Molotov cocktail is the generic name for a variety of crude incendiary weapons. ...
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The Manningham Riot was a short but intense period of rioting which took place on 10-12th June 1995, in the district of Manningham in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. ...
Several riots followed a few days later, when a hundred white youths attacked police in Ravenscliffe, and an Asian-owned Pizza restaurant, in Tong Street, was destroyed by a gang of white youths.[10]
Aftermath More than 300 people were injured including 120 police during the riot. 36 people were arrested on the day of the riot (13 white and 23 asian).[11] Some weeks later the pictures of several hundred rioters were published in the local press and circulated in the local communities. Many of those pictured subsequently handed themselves in & made full confessions. Estimates of the damage caused were initially of £10 million which subsequently rose to £27 million. Several of the pubs attacked have not been re-opened. Sentences for the rioting were up to 6 years, reduced for confession. Some sentences were appealed and the court of appeal ruled most were not excessive, given the gravity of the rioting and the nature and scale of the destruction. It was described as 'unfortunate' that the background of the riot was stated not to be of interest to the court by the original judge. The government commissioned the Cantle report which made 67 recommendations. In 2006 channel 4 produced a TV fictional drama based loosely on the riots from the perspective of an asian family. The word Confessions has several meanings: Confessions is a series of books composed by St. ...
A video-still taken from the peak of the riots, showing a rioter throwing a petrol bomb towards lines of police. ...
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See also despite this the pakis rule things This is a chronological list of riots: // 121 BC - Roman Election Riot of 121 BC (Rome, Roman Empire) 113 BC - Roman Election Riot of 113 BC (Rome, Roman Empire) 390 - Hippodrome Revolt (Thessaloniki, Byzantine Empire). ...
A video-still taken from the peak of the riots, showing a rioter throwing a petrol bomb towards lines of police. ...
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References The City of Bradford Metropolitan District is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire with city status. ...
The City of Bradford Metropolitan District is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire with city status. ...
External links - Lidget Green Disturbance
- BBC:Bradford counts cost of riot
- BBC:summer of violence reports
- Telegraph: We were overwhelmed, say Bradford riot police
- BBC:2001:Two stabbed in Bradford race riots
- BBC:All quiet after Bradford riots
- BBC Summary of 2001 aftermath race riot reports
- Joseph Roundtree Report on the Bradford Riot from 2002
- Christopher Allen's 2003 Official Report into the disturbances
- The Guardian:Bradford riot sentences 'too harsh'
- Workers Liberty:After the Bradford riots, injustice persists
- Channel 4 drama- The Bradford Riots
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