THIS nautical contribution to a pre-war Keighley Gala procession reflected a topical subject of its time.
A Grimsby fishing-boat, the Girl Pat, made the headlines in 1936 when she undertook a lengthy and unexplained unofficial voyage, just possibly in connection with the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
The photograph was taken by local newsagent James Dewhirst, who used to snap gala processions, not for the sake of historical record but so that he could sell prints to participants.
It was not unusual for gala tableaux to represent contemporary events such as "Captain Scott and his gallant comrades raising the Union Jack at the South Pole" and “a group of old age pensioners celebrating together on their first pension day, by having tea together at one of their homes”.
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