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  • Tribute to province's police and soldiers

    KEIGHLEY MP Kris Hopkins has paid tribute to police officers and soldiers who served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.Speaking during a Commons debate, the Northern Ireland Office minister – who himself was a soldier in the province – said he witnessed

  • Salute to wartime firefighting forces

    WARTIME Mayor of Keighley Tom Snowden takes the salute at this march-past of women members of the National Fire Service in Victoria Park in 1943.The occasion was a Stay-at-Home holiday during Keighley Parish Feast that July, when National Fire Service

  • Royal appointment for munition girls as King and Queen visit

    WOMEN’S uniforms during the Great War were not always so stylish.“Munitions Girls ready to accord a loyal welcome”, ran the caption to this photograph illustrating a booklet to commemorate a wartime royal visit to the works of Prince Smith and Son on

  • Mission choir lets the train take the strain

    EVOKING a period when wearing a uniform – whether a conductress, a waitress or a store assistant – implied a certain status, these two young ladies have neatly arranged their caps so as to display the word Premier at the front.They were employed by Premier

  • Bradford breakaway

    IN June 2016, 12.4 million people voted to leave the EU, a turning point in British history. An unprecedented number of people turned out to use their vote, some of whom had never voted before and some who had not voted for many years. Like

  • Figures don't add up

    IN the late 1940s/50s as a pupil I was a reasonable student, except for arithmetic. I had trouble making figures balance. Now, in my early 80s, the problem is back. Regarding new council tax figures, they’re all going up and yet, as we know,

  • Dangerous pollution

    KEIGHLEY has a history of air pollution. When I was growing up here, the atmosphere was often full of the smoke that billowed out from the many now romanticised mill chimneys that literally fuelled the local economy. We called it fog and put up

  • Listen to concerns

    NHS bosses have been secretly developing major plans to revolutionise how health services are implemented from this month onwards and we, the public, haven’t been consulted yet. The 44 Sustainability and Transformation Plans nationally have been

  • Happy days indeed

    SINCE I became completely disabled in October 2013, I have met with nothing but kindness from everyone, particularly from the taxi drivers (for I am dependent on lifts from kind friends and taxis now). I have to congratulate the manager and staff

  • History of station

    REGARDING the article ‘History of first train into town’ (Keighley News, March 16). The first six-inch Ordnance Survey map covering Keighley was surveyed in 1848 and published in 1853. The station is placed north of the level crossing, over Bradford

  • Proud of Keighley

    AS a member of Keighley Association of Engineers, we have monthly visits to companies in Keighley and surrounding areas. Our last visit was to Teconnex, off Dalton Lane (see page 43). It employs more than 550 people and manufactures components for

  • Habit is disgusting

    CAN I please appeal, through your newspaper, to all dog owners to take their dog waste home to dispose of? It would seem a few people are spoiling our pavements and environment by dumping the doggy bags full of faeces behind the green telephone

  • Thanks for support

    THANK you to everyone who recently voted for the Outdoor Adventure Club to win lottery funding for our town, as featured in this newspaper (see page 25.The People’s Projects is ITV and the Big Lottery’s competition to let the public decide how National

  • Season of new life

    by Gerald Partridge, Christ Church, OakworthEASTER: the word derives from an old English word meaning a goddess of spring, the season of new life.At a local nursing home my wife and I and the residents have witnessed duck eggs hatching out: one moment

  • Here we go again

    SO here we go again!Just two years after Keighley and the rest of the nation went to the polls to choose its Government, we're about to head back down that winding road.This week's announcement, appropriately for the season of Easter bunnies,

  • Bamboo, bracken and bramble days at Hainworth Wood in Keighley

    KEIGHLEY people are being urged to get down to the woods for a series of outdoor workshops next month.Rooted in Hainworth is the title of the three woodland management sessions at Hainworth Wood hosted by Forest of Bradford volunteers.They urge people

  • Keighley toddlers support Barnardo's

    TODDLERS in Keighley raised £321 for Barnardo's during last year's animal-themed Big Toddle.The charity revealed the figure as it launched this summer's event, from June 19-25.Toddlers will be encouraged to take part in half-mile walks, on

  • Gr-eight feeling for Keighley member

    KEIGHLEY member Steve Convery achieved his first ever hole in one while playing the club's eighth hole. Results KEIGHLEY GC Dinsdale Foursomes: Jane Brunskill & Mo Watkinson 80.5, Janet Clark & Emma Watkinson 83.5 Cha Cha Cha: Lee

  • Defib donation from Cross Hills company

    A CROSS Hills company has proved it's all heart.Airedale Chemical donated £1,400 for a public defibrillator to be installed outside Kildwick and Farnhill Institute.And the firm plans to roll-out the programme to other communities.Operations director

  • Branshaw Means Business event at golf club in Oakworth

    A LOCAL golf club will launch its first ever corporate "Means Business" event next Friday. (April 28) Branshaw Golf Club, in Oakworth, will use the event to showcase its hospitality suite's availability for meetings, social events and other functions

  • Keighley councillors to choose the town's next mayor

    KEIGHLEY town councillors will tonight (April 20) vie for the chance to become the town’s next mayor.Councillors Mohammed Nazam and Barry Thorne will both give a presentation about their aims and objectives at a council meeting in Keighley Town Hall at

  • Keighley Co-op lifer survives the war in Egypt and France

    THE FIRST World War was a mere hiccup in Percy Snowden’s 50-year career with the Co-op in Keighley.   The Ingrow-born grocer survived four years with the army in war zones including France and Egypt.   Percy grew up in Hainworth Wood

  • Heavy Woollen first up for Worth Valley juniors

    SKIPTON & Worth Valley under-18s are gearing up for the new season in Division Two of the Yorkshire ABA Junior League, which gets underway on April 29 when the team visit Heavy Woollen.Organiser Adam Hook is looking for new players and his second junior

  • Emmerdale actor inspired by former Keighley rugby coach

    A FORMER Keighley rugby league coach played an inspirational role in helping a soap actor portray a dementia sufferer.Emmerdale star John Middleton and the ITV programme's producers have won high praise for their depiction of the condition.The actor

  • Morton artists host exhibition

    ARTISTS who meet at the Morton War Memorial Institute are holding an art sale and exhibition in the building next month.The event at the East Morton venue will be on Saturday May 20 from 10am to 4pm and the following day from 10am to 3pm.There will be

  • Crying at the Old Silent Inn

    HAWORTH is a major setting for the latest suspense thriller from novelist Jane E James.The Crying Boy, which was inspired by real events, features well-known locations including the haunted Old Silent Inn at Stanbury.Jane, described as an author of dark

  • Music and arts festival scoops award

    A CARE trust has won a national award after staging a music and arts festival for people with mental health problems.LYNFEST, held last year by Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, has earned a Breaking Down Barriers/Tackling Stigma accolade.The

  • No sleep for these wicked musicians

    SLEEPY Jake Segrave will perform with his band The Duvets at a concert in the Exchange Arts Centre in Keighley.Singer-songwriter Jake, a regular performer in Keighley and the Worth Valley, will share the bill on Saturday, April 29 with Francis and Body

  • Steeton beaten in West Riding County Challenge Cup semi-final

    Steeton bowed out of the West Riding County Challenge Cup semi-final last night, losing 1-0 at the hands of Boroughbridge.  The West Yorkshire League side scored the winner through Shane Butlin in just the seventh minute following a corner. Despite

  • Toasting successful networking event

    A NETWORKING group is raising a glass to its latest successful event.Women@Work staged a network and cocktail-making evening at the Old Schoolroom in Haworth.More than 35 people attended the event, held in conjunction with Bronte Bars & Events and The

  • Keighley man killed in road crash is named

    A KEIGHLEY man killed in a road crash next to a cave complex has been named as Rade Brkovic. Mr Brkovic, 74, was a victim of the collision on the road between Ingleton and Hawes on April 9 near White Scar Caves. Police this morning named the

  • Pride for family firm

    A FAMILY firm from Keighley is to represent the north-east in a national awards scheme.Simply Better Events has been chosen as regional contender in the National Family Business Awards.Winners will be crowned at a glittering ceremony in Wembley on July

  • Award for Silsden firm

    A SILSDEN company has won a coveted award.Snugpak, which manufactures sleeping bags and insulated clothing, has scooped the accolade in the sleeping category of the UK Outdoor Industry Awards.The honour is in recognition of the Howden Road firm’s innovative

  • Saturday play days for children in Keighley's Devonshire Park

    A PAIR of Saturday play days will provide entertainment for youngsters and their families in a Keighley park next month.The Friends of Devonshire Park have organised both events for this public space, one of which takes place on May 6 and the second on

  • Teeing off for children’s hospice

    A KEIGHLEY law firm is preparing to tee off for charity.AWB Charlesworth Solicitors is staging its fourth annual charity golf day.The event, held in conjunction with Pearson and Associates Accountants, raises funds for Martin House children’s hospice

  • Dirty night of dance in Bradford

    THE STAGE version of hit movie romance Dirty Dancing is returning to Bradford Alhambra.Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage is at the Alhambra from May 1 to 6.It features hit songs from the original film starring Patrick Swayze, including Hungry

  • New skipper hopes to take Steeton straight back up

    STEETON will be relying on a new skipper as they bid to bounce straight back into Aire-Wharfe League Division One after their relegation last season.Paul Hardwick has taken the reins from Stephen Pearson, and Jake Starkey has joined from Upper Wharfedale

  • Cyclist injured in Steeton accident

    A CYCLIST was injured in a collision with a lorry in Steeton yesterday. The male rider, believed to be in his 20s, was taken to Airedale Hospital after the incident, which West Yorkshire Police said happened in Keighley Road at about 8.20am.

  • Promotion is the name of the game at Lawkholme Lane

    PAUL Barker has set the bar high for Keighley on the eve of the new All Rounder Cricket Bradford Premier League season."The place is buzzing at the moment," said the new club chairman of their Lawkholme Lane headquarters, "and I want both

  • Hawkyard targets Coventry comeback if X-rays reveal no break

    RITCHIE Hawkyard has not ruled out being available for Cougars' next game despite suffering horrific facial injuries against Hunslet.The Cougars half-back was knocked out and needed plastic surgery on his mouth after splitting his lip in a sickening

  • Steeton woman undergoes life-changing surgery in America

    A STEETON woman has undergone life-changing surgery in America.Catrina Farnell, who has a condition known as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, travelled to the United States for a specialist operation.A massive fundraising campaign was launched to support

  • Community condemns attack on Keighley school by young yobs

    MISSILE-WIELDING thugs who attacked a Keighley primary school have been condemned by community leaders. Images from CCTV cameras – installed following a string of previous incidents at the school – have been released this week in a bid to catch the