Father Christmas visits lots of Keighley children courtesy of the Mayor of Keighley, Alderman James Henry (‘Harry’) Waterworth, at a Christmas party held in Victoria Hall on Saturday 14th December 1968. The Mayor can be seen in his mayoral chain in the right half of the top picture. The Mayoress, Harry’s wife Harriet, is on the left edge of the picture, in the glasses. The top photograph was featured in the Keighley News of Saturday 21st December 1968.
Harry Waterworth was installed as Mayor on Tuesday 21st May 1968, with his wife Harriet Anne Waterworth made Mayoress. His Deputy Mayor and Mayoress were Councillor G. W. Lilley and his wife. Harry stayed in post for a year, which was the normal term of duty for the mayor.
Digital copies of the press photographs were donated to Keighley and District Local History Society by Daniel Waterworth (grandson of Harry Waterworth) in 2020.
