Memory Lane

St Thomas Church, Sutton-in-Craven

NEW BOOK: Mystery and intrigue surround the life of the Victorian architect with strong connections to Craven

The hitching stone marking the boundaries between Sutton, Cowling and Keighley

The hitching stone marking the boundaries between Sutton, Cowling and Keighley

The ancient moorland boulder where priests could have a bath

The cross head in the wall at Stanbury.

The cross head in the wall at Stanbury.

Look carefully and you'll see remnants of the wayside crosses

Woodwork, one of the best lessons of the week. No need for a risk assessment in those days

Woodwork, one of the best lessons of the week. No need for a risk assessment in those days

Cheese pie and mint custard... remember these school delicacies?

The site of the Exley Head workhouse depicted in an 1852 map, with Wheathead Lane and High Fold to the top left, and the Oakbank School site off to the bottom right

The site of the Exley Head workhouse depicted in an 1852 map, with Wheathead Lane and High Fold to the top left, and the Oakbank School site off to the bottom right

BOOK: Lurid tales of violence, adultery and dead babies in Keighley workhouse

Lozenge incised into a standing stone marking the boundary on the slopes of Great Snowden.

Lozenge incised into a standing stone marking the boundary on the slopes of Great Snowden.

Bloody family history is written in the rocks

Morton Banks war hospital with Amy Scatterty

Morton Banks war hospital with Amy Scatterty

DOWN MEMORY LANE: Meet the heroic nurses of the First World War

Sutton's lost High Mill

Sutton's lost High Mill

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NOSTALGIA: Old mill hidden in a popular wooded valley

Mayo Mill in Oakworth

Mayo Mill in Oakworth

NOSTALGIA: Horrible death in the USA for this son of Oakworth

Kildwick Corner as it was in Tiger Turner's time

Kildwick Corner as it was in Tiger Turner's time

NOSTALGIA: Kildwick grocer with daredevil past as tiger hunter

The entrance to the Sutton Hall grounds

The entrance to the Sutton Hall grounds

NOSTALGIA: Pleasure palace that lasted only half a century

War artist Thomas Shackl.eton. Picture from Men of Worth Project

War artist Thomas Shackl.eton. Picture from Men of Worth Project

Three artists were called up - but only one survived

Jabez is buried in Dockroyd graveyard

Jabez is buried in Dockroyd graveyard

Grave of Jabez hints at mystery and scandal

‘The Canal at Longport’ depicts a lone figure fishing in the canal, symbolising the unemployment beginning to impact on the Potteries during Jack's time there.

‘The Canal at Longport’ depicts a lone figure fishing in the canal, symbolising the unemployment beginning to impact on the Potteries during Jack's time there.

Dying days of an industry captured by artist

The River Wharfe in flood by Arthur Reginald Smith.

The River Wharfe in flood by Arthur Reginald Smith.

Artist loved the River Wharfe - but it killed him

Glusburn Bridge

Glusburn Bridge

NOSTALGIA: A popular victory for a bridge over troubled waters

A VE party in 1945 on Market Street, believed to be in an upstairs function room.

A VE party in 1945 on Market Street, believed to be in an upstairs function room.

VE celebrations for Steeton residents in 1945

Grave reveals a tale of herbalist and mill owner

THE Keighley Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd also produced some bold between-the-wars buildings

THE Keighley Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd also produced some bold between-the-wars buildings

‘Bold’ estate Co-op store built to last

ANOTHER example of Keighley 'art deco' architecture were the gently-curving bus station offices, seen here slightly left of centre in this aerial view from the multi-storey car park before modernisation

ANOTHER example of Keighley 'art deco' architecture were the gently-curving bus station offices, seen here slightly left of centre in this aerial view from the multi-storey car park before modernisation

Inconvenience for departing bus drivers

WHEN Marks & Spencer Ltd opened a Keighley 'super stores' in Low Street in 1935, it replaced an 18th-century Fleece Hotel, a former starting point for coaches to Leeds, Bradford and Halifax, one of whose interior doors had boasted at

WHEN Marks & Spencer Ltd opened a Keighley 'super stores' in Low Street in 1935, it replaced an 18th-century Fleece Hotel, a former starting point for coaches to Leeds, Bradford and Halifax, one of whose interior doors had boasted at

M&S bring ‘a touch of style’

A crowd watches the library stone-laying ceremony on the building site in its early stages

A crowd watches the library stone-laying ceremony on the building site in its early stages

Crowd watching library take form in Keighley

Sunday School children crowd along North Street to watch a procession commemorating the Coronation of King Edward VII

Sunday School children crowd along North Street to watch a procession commemorating the Coronation of King Edward VII

Children gather to watch history go by

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‘Forgotten’ photograph gives insight into mill life

Mystery of the pin-up calendar

Paperwork runs the world

THE Regency Eastwood House in Victoria Park has been decorated for Coronation Day in 1902, when it was lit "on a scale of dazzling splendour" by 1,177 gas lamps and 5,133 candle buckets, so that the building seemed "luminous from top to

THE Regency Eastwood House in Victoria Park has been decorated for Coronation Day in 1902, when it was lit "on a scale of dazzling splendour" by 1,177 gas lamps and 5,133 candle buckets, so that the building seemed "luminous from top to

Stuffed croc added bite to acclaimed town museum

ONE of the Victoria Park museum's prized acquisitions was photographed outside: the wife-taming cradle of the Keighley Hen-Pecked Club!

ONE of the Victoria Park museum's prized acquisitions was photographed outside: the wife-taming cradle of the Keighley Hen-Pecked Club!

Cradling a solution to nagging wife

IN 1886 a Keighley Literary and Scientific Society bought the lifetime collections of a local naturalist and taxidermist called Jesse Millar, then in straitened circumstances. He died the following year.

IN 1886 a Keighley Literary and Scientific Society bought the lifetime collections of a local naturalist and taxidermist called Jesse Millar, then in straitened circumstances. He died the following year.

Watch the birdie – and your reflection!

THESE employees of the Goose Eye Turkey Mill, about to enjoy a meal in an establishment with smartly-dressed waitresses, were presumably on a between-the-wars works outing.

THESE employees of the Goose Eye Turkey Mill, about to enjoy a meal in an establishment with smartly-dressed waitresses, were presumably on a between-the-wars works outing.

Shortage of work led to mill closure

THESE young ladies in the yard at Airedale Mills, Keighley, were about to set off on Peter Black's outing to Blackpool in 1948.

THESE young ladies in the yard at Airedale Mills, Keighley, were about to set off on Peter Black's outing to Blackpool in 1948.

Seaside trip is in the bag for staff

MRS Norma J Galvin, of Dradishaw Road, Silsden, has supplied this rather more stylish and summery 1930s outing noted on the back as "Edmondsons Mill trip", which would mean worsted spinners Timothy Hird and Sons Ltd, of Acres and Knowle Mills,

MRS Norma J Galvin, of Dradishaw Road, Silsden, has supplied this rather more stylish and summery 1930s outing noted on the back as "Edmondsons Mill trip", which would mean worsted spinners Timothy Hird and Sons Ltd, of Acres and Knowle Mills,

Textiles team turns on the style for works outing

A CORNER of Church Green can be seen here on the right, and High Street dimly in the background, but this whole left-hand vista of Bridge Street premises has disappeared, casualties of drastic changes affecting Keighley between the wars.

A CORNER of Church Green can be seen here on the right, and High Street dimly in the background, but this whole left-hand vista of Bridge Street premises has disappeared, casualties of drastic changes affecting Keighley between the wars.

Bridge Street was unwitting casualty of the war years

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

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

Shop branched out with an ancient tree at its very root

The Princess Royal visiting the Woodbine Day Nursery in Skipton Road, Keighley, in 1943

The Princess Royal visiting the Woodbine Day Nursery in Skipton Road, Keighley, in 1943

Royal visit for the war babies

Civic leaders pose with babies to promote the giving out of free orange juice and cod liver oil

Civic leaders pose with babies to promote the giving out of free orange juice and cod liver oil

Holding the baby

Keighley Mayor Robert Clough hosts a gathering of nearly 800 mothers with their babies in 1908 at the Municipal Hall

Keighley Mayor Robert Clough hosts a gathering of nearly 800 mothers with their babies in 1908 at the Municipal Hall

Babes in arms highlight infant mortality dangers

THIS line-up at the start of an Edwardian walking match at Worth Village isn't meant to be funny, but always raises a laugh.

THIS line-up at the start of an Edwardian walking match at Worth Village isn't meant to be funny, but always raises a laugh.

Not just walk in park for line-up

THIS photograph proves that life at the old Keighley Boys' Grammar School could be fun

THIS photograph proves that life at the old Keighley Boys' Grammar School could be fun

Society a talking point at Grammar School

FRED Dixon, the tallest man in Silsden, stands in 1930 outside the King's Arms in front of a giant push-ball with his friend Jimmy Scott, Silsden's smallest man, perched on top.

FRED Dixon, the tallest man in Silsden, stands in 1930 outside the King's Arms in front of a giant push-ball with his friend Jimmy Scott, Silsden's smallest man, perched on top.

Jimmy on the ball

IT is hard to realise that this placid and beautiful image represents the forerunner of the present busy ferro-concrete bridge over the River Aire at Stockbridge.

IT is hard to realise that this placid and beautiful image represents the forerunner of the present busy ferro-concrete bridge over the River Aire at Stockbridge.

Take the high road as village bears fruit

OCCUPYING a position at the junction of main roads to Skipton, Keighley and Colne, Cross Hills seems more like a small town rather than a village – although a late-Victorian directory ascribed its growth to "its proximity to the station of the

OCCUPYING a position at the junction of main roads to Skipton, Keighley and Colne, Cross Hills seems more like a small town rather than a village – although a late-Victorian directory ascribed its growth to "its proximity to the station of the

Farmers flocked to the sheep fairs

WHAT looks like a newly-resurfaced Skipton Road marches prominently through a developing Utley around the turn of the 19th century.

WHAT looks like a newly-resurfaced Skipton Road marches prominently through a developing Utley around the turn of the 19th century.

No walk in the park for visitors

FIVE bonny lasses recline on a heathery hillside in an old mystery photograph supplied by Mrs Maureen Jackson, of Fell Lane, Keighley

FIVE bonny lasses recline on a heathery hillside in an old mystery photograph supplied by Mrs Maureen Jackson, of Fell Lane, Keighley

Girls’ picture on hillside is old mystery

HAWORTH'S first annual Demonstration and Gala was held on the West Lane football field in June, 1899

HAWORTH'S first annual Demonstration and Gala was held on the West Lane football field in June, 1899

Gala makes a flying start

THESE white-clad Morris dancers were waiting to lead a procession at the Sutton Football Club Gala in 1906

THESE white-clad Morris dancers were waiting to lead a procession at the Sutton Football Club Gala in 1906

Dancers stepped out to lead football club’s lengthy procession

SCARTOP Charity used to be known as "t'Coppin'-on Charity", thanks to the number of couples who used the occasion to strike-up relationships!

SCARTOP Charity used to be known as "t'Coppin'-on Charity", thanks to the number of couples who used the occasion to strike-up relationships!

Quite a collection as ‘lovebirds’ meet

A NEWLY-rebuilt Scartop Chapel occupies the right-hand background of this view showing Ponden Reservoir under construction in the 1870s.

A NEWLY-rebuilt Scartop Chapel occupies the right-hand background of this view showing Ponden Reservoir under construction in the 1870s.

Plaque fell victim to rebuilding work

THIS Charity was in 1935 and looks more sparsely attended, despite the Cowling Temperance Brass Band lending its weight to the choir and orchestra.

THIS Charity was in 1935 and looks more sparsely attended, despite the Cowling Temperance Brass Band lending its weight to the choir and orchestra.

Stalwarts join the celebration as band strikes up

ALBERT Street Baptist Chapel opened in 1865 “in the Byzantine style, freely treated”, on land which the Duke of Devonshire let them have at half price.

ALBERT Street Baptist Chapel opened in 1865 “in the Byzantine style, freely treated”, on land which the Duke of Devonshire let them have at half price.

More than just a place of worship

SLACK Lane baptists, near Oakworth, owe their origins to Joseph Shaw – pastor at Turkey Street – who broke away with some of the Keighley members in 1819 and worshipped first in a chamber at Bogthorn before building this chapel two years later.

SLACK Lane baptists, near Oakworth, owe their origins to Joseph Shaw – pastor at Turkey Street – who broke away with some of the Keighley members in 1819 and worshipped first in a chamber at Bogthorn before building this chapel two years later.

There’s no slacking for church congregation

THIS old view of what came to be known as Baptist Square – near the bottom of West Lane – illustrates the earlier years of the baptists in Keighley, with their Turkey Street Chapel on the right and their Sunday School on the left.

THIS old view of what came to be known as Baptist Square – near the bottom of West Lane – illustrates the earlier years of the baptists in Keighley, with their Turkey Street Chapel on the right and their Sunday School on the left.

Rod for your back!

TYPICAL of many enthusiastic chapel teams after the Second World War, the Knowle Park Congregational Church Cricket Club won the Keighley and District Charity Cup in 1950.

TYPICAL of many enthusiastic chapel teams after the Second World War, the Knowle Park Congregational Church Cricket Club won the Keighley and District Charity Cup in 1950.

Stumping up fun away from wicket

A CASE of highly unsportsmanlike behaviour in August, 1848, in the early days of the Keighley Cricket Club – not content with felling a batsman by a ball to the head, the bowler is thumbing his nose at his downfall!

A CASE of highly unsportsmanlike behaviour in August, 1848, in the early days of the Keighley Cricket Club – not content with felling a batsman by a ball to the head, the bowler is thumbing his nose at his downfall!

Simply not cricket as doodler strikes