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Solid citizens were creeping into outer suburbia

7:20am Thursday 11th March 2010

This was North Street in the 1890s, before the arrival of Keighley’s Carnegie Public Library opened on the right in 1904.

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Refreshing to have view of post-war service of remembrance

7:10am Thursday 4th March 2010

Probably because of its position between town and village, Exley Head has tended to miss out on local press reports of its Remembrance Sundays, so it is refreshing to have this view of a post-war service at the war memorial outside the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in Wheathead Lane – it may represent the dedication of the Second World War names.

Opening was a red letter day in history of Keighley

7:35am Thursday 25th February 2010

This hand-tinted postcard depicts Lund Park in all its rustic Edwardian charm, reflecting, too, an age when public parks were meant for sedate relaxation rather than the playing of games.

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Brigade was led by legendary captain

7:10am Thursday 18th February 2010

The Keighley Fire Brigade draws the crowds, probably in a turn-of-the- century Friendly Societies’ Gala procession.

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'Demonstration' had a different meaning in 1906

8:12am Thursday 11th February 2010

“Demonstration at Silsden, July 21, 1906” says the caption of this old postcard, but a demonstration had a less militant meaning a century ago - it described a show of strength, in this case that of the scholars of local Nonconformist Sunday Schools.

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Underground lake and tallest chimney

7:10am Thursday 4th February 2010

Fleece Mills, an industrial complex in the heart of Keighley, is seen here across the less fashionable side of Cavendish Street 100 or so years ago.

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The recent snowfalls fell short of the past

7:25am Thursday 28th January 2010

Our recent snow, disrupting though it was, fell far short of many past winters, as shown in these scenes photographed in February of notorious 1947 and supplied by Mr Robin Longbottom, of Providence Lane, Oakworth.

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Bus passengers stood on seats to get through

8:01am Thursday 21st January 2010

A reminder of Keighley’s occasional unfortunate extremes of climate, this was the view along Dalton Lane, on September 20, 1946, after a night and more of torrential rain had caused the worst floods in then living memory, with the River Worth bursting its banks below Dalton Lane and near its confluence with the River Aire.

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Touring cars were transformed into ambulances

7:30am Thursday 14th January 2010

This is one of the motor ambulances which served the Keighley War Hospital and its auxiliaries between 1916 and 1919.

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Top hats mixed with flat caps

7:30am Thursday 7th January 2010

To commemorate the Coronation of George V, in 1911, top-hatted Keighley aldermen and notabilities, assisted by their wives, planted oaks in Lund, Devonshire and Victoria parks.

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