THIS scene of upheaval at the top of Cavendish Street spelt the demise of Keighley’s horse-trams which, having never made a profit since 1889, had been taken over by the Corporation in 1901 and were replaced by an electric system in 1904.

Here, outside a brand-new Carnegie public library, was to be the focal-point of services operating between Ingrow, Utley and Stockbridge.

Keighley’s electric trams, originally open-topped and sporting a white and crimson livery, started running that October, carrying 3,589 passengers and causing two minor accidents on their first day.

They were to be discontinued in 1924, though tracklesses survived until 1932, when Keighley’s public transport came to rely wholly on motor-buses.