The upper-storey activities of the cameraman have attracted the attention of everybody in Church Green, possibly as far back as the 1860s.

The left-hand side of the street is still broadly identifiable, but premises on the right were to be replaced in 1890 by Hattersley Crescent, hailed at the time as “one of the most important and extensive schemes for street improvement”.

Built by and named after Alderman Richard Longden Hattersley to provide a handsome frontage to his foundry, this was intended to house ten shops, 18 upstairs offices and a re-constituted Crown Hotel.

In the event, 14 ‘lofty’ rooms were occupied by the Keighley Conservative Club, Alderman Hattersley being a leading member and as such in 1883 the second Mayor of the new Keighley Borough. The rooms came complete with a mahogany bar and facilities for billiards, card-playing and smoking.

Although representing a local authority pledged to tackle pollution, Alderman Hattersley’s earlier record was not good. “Our place is a very awkward place, and we have to lead the ashes to the land if we carry them away,” he had explained how he dealt with his foundry waste in 1867, “therefore it is a great convenience to us to be able to put them into the beck.”