Ever spotted the squirrel-adorned weathervane on the dome of the former Temperance Hall in Keighley? The building is now The Livery Rooms, a Wetherspoon’s pub.
This black-and-white photograph was taken on 20th August 1981 by a Keighley News photographer. The reason for taking the photograph is unknown as it does not appear to have featured in a subsequent copy of the paper. Perhaps it was just the photographer practicing with their telephoto lens.
In 2021, Keighley and District Local History Society acquired an extensive collection of photograph negatives taken by the Keighley News. Groups of negatives were held in small wallets with the date and basic labelling written on the wallet. This image is developed from one of those negatives. The main photograph was taken by Tim Neal in 2022.
