THE drop-in event Keighley Civic Society held yesterday (September 14) in the civic centre has produced a deluge of ideas, not least for who, what and where in Keighley should be honoured with commemorative blue plaques.

Top of the list is Keighley’s Carnegie library, the first library in England to be funded by Andrew Carnegie.

This will surprise nobody but what did strike us as a great idea was to find a new, carbon-light method for producing the plaques, here in Keighley!

Engineering innovation is in Keighley’s DNA and Keighley Civic Society would like to hear from any business or group that wants to have a go at producing a prototype, carbon-light blue plaque that will last and resist weather conditions.

It could be a group of students at Keighley College or an established business with a proven track record, or even a 3D printing business. The only limiting factor is that we want to unveil the plaque, in position, on November 30 – the 120th birthday of Keighley’s Carnegie library (given that we get the requisite permission from Bradford Council, of course). Please contact me for more details.

Many thanks to all those who came to meet us, to hear about what we've done in the past year and make some wonderful suggestions for what we should be doing in the coming year. And welcome to all the new members who signed up to be part of the civic movement in and for Keighley.

Jane Lee, secretary, Keighley Civic Society

Honseckcsoc@gmail.com