http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/dewhirst1/ Keighley News /dewhirst1/ en-gb Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:18:37 +0000 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:18:37 +0000 http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/dewhirst1/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/resources/images/999311/?type=rsslogo http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/dewhirst1/ http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/dewhirst1/5067053.Album_found_in_old_barn/?ref=rss The Silsden local historian, Mr Neil Cathey, has supplied this view of the village in 1898, looking along Kirkgate from near the bottom of Bolton Road. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:10:00 +0000 fb91d2c7e0a5deb0d65bcf961223250d http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/dewhirst1/5052319.Solid_citizens_were_creeping_into_outer_suburbia/?ref=rss This was North Street in the 1890s, before the arrival of Keighley’s Carnegie Public Library opened on the right in 1904. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:20:00 +0000 ec56f55e833acb2ccb2ae9b356aaf0fc http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/dewhirst1/5039329.Refreshing_to_have_view_of_post_war_service_of_remembrance/?ref=rss 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. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:10:00 +0000 7ae0f59ac2b05d94cfd788751f649c8f http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/dewhirst1/5027045.Opening_was_a_red_letter_day_in_history_of_Keighley/?ref=rss 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. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:35:16 +0000 3b334fb2c89b2c1243aaba666b1bf730 http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/dewhirst1/5013275.Brigade_was_led_by_legendary_captain/?ref=rss The Keighley Fire Brigade draws the crowds, probably in a turn-of-the- century Friendly Societies’ Gala procession. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:10:00 +0000 317f4556be4359b9ba7c04fac3201299 http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/dewhirst1/5000837._Demonstration__had_a_different_meaning_in_1906/?ref=rss “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. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:12:24 +0000 769c47e20df74a63cdbf15e31612424a http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/dewhirst1/4888760.Underground_lake_and_tallest_chimney/?ref=rss 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. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:10:00 +0000 f832f62ccf06b2e4a45a813526ae351f http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/dewhirst1/4876263.The_recent_snowfalls_fell_short_of_the_past/?ref=rss 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. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:25:31 +0000 14270306b3975ce8431bfa70f888469c http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/dewhirst1/4862814.Bus_passengers_stood_on_seats_to_get_through/?ref=rss 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. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:01:36 +0000 e0f27f57294b3cd5a356099d22e09f77 http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/dewhirst1/4849552.Touring_cars_were_transformed_into_ambulances/?ref=rss This is one of the motor ambulances which served the Keighley War Hospital and its auxiliaries between 1916 and 1919. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:30:00 +0000 4e78e8dff94feddf4b2b317ef9d77361