Hospital Fete, 1981

Three photographs taken by a Keighley News reporter at the Friends of Airedale Hospital September Fete held at the Hospital on Saturday 12th September 1981. The event was covered in the Keighley News of 18th September 1981.

Left: Regular fete attender Tex Slack lends his hat to two year old James Brown. Top right: Peter Whitaker of Glusburn, a member of the U.S. Army Vehicle Club, gives children a ride in one of his U.S. Army Jeeps. Bottom right: Junior members of Keighley Band offer tuition to ‘Miss Airedale’ Diane Khan. Some of the children sitting in the photographs are wearing hats advertising ‘Keighley Lions’ Junior Disco – Every Thursday’.

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. These images are from that collection.

Author: Admin Tim

Tim is a committee member of the Keighley and District Local History Society, with responsibilities for archiving the physical and digital collections, and managing some of the social media channels. He moved to Keighley about 15 years ago and joined the Society to learn more about the area.

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