Membership Offer

Become a member of the History Society now and get membership for the whole of 2022 on top!

Being a paid-up member of the History Society means…
* being able to join the monthly meetings where we have guest-speakers talking on a wide-range of subjects. At the minute these talks are on Zoom, but we are planning to resume meeting at Keighley Library or other town centre venues in 2022 (while still making the talks available to our members who live further afield).
* receiving the quarterly digital newsletter, which now runs to at least 12 pages with articles on the town and surrounding area’s history as well as History Society news (we also welcome contributions from members).
* being able to attend any exclusive visits we may arrange (previous visits have included Dalton Mills, Keighley Bus Museum and Bridgehouse Mills).
* having a say on how the History Society is run at our Annual General Meeting, or even joining the committee to help us run things. Volunteering with the History Society might include helping us have a presence at events like the Keighley Show.

Membership at the minute costs £11.50 (this includes an admin fee) and covers a full year from January to December. Because we are not currently meeting face-to-face this has to be bought via our online payment service (click here to see details).

Because we are nearing the end of 2021, if you buy your membership now we will throw in the whole of membership for 2022 on top! That means you get access to the meetings in October, November and December this year plus all the meetings in 2022.

October Guest-Speaker

This month’s History Society guest speaker talk on Zoom will be “North Street and beyond as seen through the lens of Wilfred Moore”, a presentation by local historian Eddie Kelly. Some of you will know that Wilfred Moore was the father of Captain Sir Tom Moore as well as being a keen photographer around Keighley. The talk features many rarely-seen images of the town.

The talk is happening on Wednesday 13th October. ‘Doors open’ at 7pm. It is a History Society members-only talk but if you want to join the Society please click here. History Society members should receive their email from Anne-Marie with details on how to join the meeting in the next few days.

A view of North Street, Keighley. Detail from a Lilywhite Ltd. postcard.