Dustbin wagon back on road for festival (From Keighley News)

Dustbin wagon back on road for festival

1:20pm Thursday 9th July 2009

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An old dustbin wagon joined the usual historic vehicles at the annual Keighley Festival of Transport on Sunday.

The vehicle was painted in the colours of Keighley Corporation in the early 1970s, including the town crest.

Owned by Bradford Council and restored over several years, it was taken along by Keighley town councillor Gerald Newton.

The wagon proved popular with visitors as it stood alongside classic cars, vintage buses and commercial vehicles.

The Festival of Transport, which opened Keighley Festival fortnight, attracted hundreds of people to Ingrow Railway Centre.

Many rode on trains on the adjacent Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, or travelled in vintage buses up the valley and on to the Brontë moors.

Graham Mitchell, one of the organisers, said people often forgot how stunning the views were from above Haworth.

He said: “The view from the top of an open-top double-decker bus is fabulous.”

The Festival of Transport was being held for the second year, after replacing a long-running historical vehicle show on the Keighley showground at Marley.

l Baroque music and 17th-century poetry can be heard this month at East Riddlesden Hall. Local poets are gathering on July 19 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the national Poetry Society.

There will be readings of English poetry from Christine Bousfield, Nicholas Bielby, Gerard Benson and others.

There will also be music from Rough Pearl and The Herberts. The event, which is part of Keighley Festival, runs from 2-4pm in the hall’s Airedale Barn. Admission is by donation.

More details are available from Christine Bousfield at Kwisteen@aol.com.

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