A GOOD example of 'art deco' architecture were Keighley's Omnibus Station offices opened in 1940, originally housing a waiting room and staff facilities, including a room where conductors could "make up their tickets and cash in".
This was in response to Keighley travellers having "recently visited places like Leeds, Bradford, Dewsbury etc where 'bus stations have been in use for some time'." It was hoped that Keighley's would "compare with the best".
An attempt to get the building listed in 1995 was turned down by the Department of National Heritage, largely by then because of "replacement canopies and a large first-floor glazed extension."
It was demolished, in preparation for the present bus station, in May 2001. The Keighley News of the time noted a detail which applied also to some other buildings of its period – "the speed of its demolition taking many by surprise".
The photograph has been supplied by Mr Kevin Seaton, of Shann Lane, Keighley.
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