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Historic maps of Keighley and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Keighley maps
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Keighley books
Displaying 3 of 23 books about Keighley and the local area. View all Keighley books
Yorkshire Coastal Memories Photographic Memories
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Ilkley Town and City Memories
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Yorkshire County Memories
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9 Keighley photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Keighley
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I went to this school at the age I believe around 7-8yrs old. I would like to know if anyone out there went to the same school. My name was Sylvia Rooke. In fact I think the headmaster's last name was Rooke. I lived in Keighley till 1955 then moved to canada, my email address is sylviarosiek@yahoo.com if you have... [more]
Shared on 12 February 2008
West Yorkshire memories
I was born in 1936 in Shipley nursing home and we lived at 1 The Green, Micklethwaite until 1944. My father died in 1941 and my mother was left with me and brother John, surname Walker, to bring up on her own.
I remember the shop owned by Mrs Hay, with a daughter Eunice, and my friend was Jennifer Midgely.We went... [more]
Shared on 01 April 2008
I was so excited to come here - the start of the rest of my life. The night time views over the valley - so many lights - were thrilling. I couldn't wait to get out and walk all round the area, the air was so clear I grew an inch! For the first time I had central... [more]
Shared on 09 May 2007
My name then was Barrett. I remember living on Walton Street, Holmebridge. My best friend then was Dorothy Hobson, we lived at no 6 and she lived at no 18 I think. I went to the council school where the headmaster was Mr Laycock. My best teacher was Mrs Baker. And I remember going to the sweet shop next to the... [more]
Shared on 28 April 2009
It could have been earlier or even later....my memories of a girl called Elaine Potter and us playing tea parties at her house with her dad's homemade apple wine........Yvonne Blackie I think lived in the Rectory.....I think we were about 5 or 6 years old.....my name was Lynn Carney then and we lived in Wighill Street...when we first moved to Sutton-in... [more]
Shared on 25 September 2008
When we went to "Dick's" for lunch, there would be me, my kid sister, my parents and my maternal grandparents plus Mum's youngest sister. She was only 5 years older than me- "Auntie Betsy"- and more like a big sister. She was the prodigy of the family, learning to play the piano, and Grandma always used to pressure a reluctant Betsy... [more]
Shared on 06 March 2007
When I was a kid in the 50s, we often used to walk across Shipley Glen, having first travelled on the Glen Tram, to "Dick's" for Sunday lunch- it was always very popular- and catch the bus home from the bottom of the hill- the terminus was the Acorn Inn. A special treat was to go by bus to Bingley, where... [more]
Shared on 06 March 2007
I was 12 years old that year, and we could not get to school for the big drifts.
Shared on 14 September 2008
Extracts From Keighley & West Yorkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Keighley, inspired by Frith photos.
Panama-hatted Tom Roe, 'Dealer in Worn-out Horses' (perhaps a grand name for a rag and bone man), clip-clops his way down the Skipton Road through Keighley. To his left, a group of schoolchildren mill around waiting for their school bus, while opposite, the gleaming white building of the Picture House awaits its cinemagoers.
This is an extract from Yorkshire Living Memories.
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West Yorkshire Photographic Memories
The car started to become king by the mid 60s. The Picture House on North Street was still doing excellent business, in spite of competition from the nearby and more modern Ritz cinema (1938). Despite the cars, though, the delivery men could still find a parking space to service the numerous, and sadly missed, local shops.
This is an extract from West Yorkshire Photographic Memories.
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West Yorkshire Photographic Memories
From 1833 to 1971 this old market near the Parish Church served the town well with fresh produce from across Yorkshire. But when Keighley saw the developments in neighbouring towns, it demanded a more modern version as well. The old market was swept away in 1971 and the new hall was incorporated into the modern shopping precinct. It was not always... [more]
This is an extract from West Yorkshire Photographic Memories.
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