Final Edition Yellow Pages Directory for Bradford, Halifax & Skipton

This Final Edition Yellow Pages directory for Bradford, Halifax & Skipton marks the end of an era in British advertising and local business history. Published in 2018, this was part of the last ever print run before Yellow Pages discontinued physical directories entirely, making surviving copies increasingly collectable.

The cover features the transition from print to digital, promoting Yell.com as the UK’s leading online business directory. With most households recycling their copies at the time, complete editions like this have become sought after by collectors of modern ephemera, telecom history, and local‑area memorabilia.

A nostalgic reminder of pre‑digital life, this Final Edition is ideal for display, archiving, or adding to a collection of British advertising and print history. A genuine piece of local heritage from Bradford, Halifax and Skipton at the moment the iconic Yellow Pages closed its print chapter forever.

The End of the Yellow Pages (1966–2018)

The Yellow Pages was first introduced in the UK in 1966 and quickly became a household staple, listing local businesses long before the internet era. For decades, it was the primary way people found tradespeople, shops, and services. By the 2000s, however, online search had overtaken printed directories, and in 2017 Yell announced that the 2018 editions would be the final printed Yellow Pages.

These last editions were produced in limited numbers, with each region receiving a single final print. Because most were discarded, surviving copies have become modern collectables representing the shift from print to digital information. The Bradford, Halifax & Skipton edition captures this moment of transition, making it a valuable piece of local and advertising history.