THE variegated individual premises of High Street, seen here before 1924 and the demise of Keighley’s trams, remain reasonably identifiable to the present day but the end building projecting from Bridge Street was to necessitate future demolition as road traffic increased.
That this site was replaced by the ceaseless High Street roundabout characterises the ever-growing demands of the internal combustion engine.
High Street, as its name implies, is one of Keighley’s oldest thoroughfares.
The late Arthur Saul, Bradford’s conservation officer during the late 1970s, became fascinated by Keighley history and architecture.
He was convinced that interior features of one of the High Street shops were relics of a lost Elizabethan manor house.
When another shop was renovated some 40 years ago, part of its internal structure was found to be an ancient tree, complete with the stumps of sawn-off branches.
This photograph was supplied by Kevin Seaton, of Bradford Road, Riddlesden.
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