Tag: History

Civil War at Next Society Meeting

March’s History Society meeting will be guest speaker Thomas Zugic looking at the causes of the Civil War and the significance of places such as Adwalton Moor, Tadcaster, Bradford, Selby and Marston Moor. He’ll also be exploring some of the tactics employed and the weapons used, including bringing along some reproduction weapons and armour, and a diorama of a typical Civil War army. [Background image is a detail from The Battle of Adwalton Moor by Jean Moust.]

The meeting is on Wednesday 12th March 2025 and will be held in the main hall, upstairs in Keighley Civic Centre (PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A CHANGE OF VENUE). Doors open at 7.15pm. There is a lift to access the first floor. Entry is free to History Society members and is £3.50 to anyone else – all are welcome to attend. The meeting is scheduled to finish around 8.45pm. Members of the History Society also have the option of joining the meeting online via Zoom.

Membership of the History Society costs £15 for the calendar year. You can join at any of our face-to-face meetings (cash only please) or online via the society’s website.

International Women’s Day

Events marking International Women’s Day 2025 are being held at Keighley Local Studies Library next Saturday (Saturday 8th March 2025). Guest speakers include three women familiar to the History Society: author and journalist Sharon Wright, social historian Jude Rhodes and performer and historian Irene Lofthouse. The library will also have special displays to look through.

Details for the day can be seen in the poster, and all of the talks are free to attend. No need to pre-book. Support our local library!

Handbell History Event

This Saturday (1st March 2025) from 2pm, Cliffe Castle is hosting a talk on the history of handbell ringing, with demonstration and the opportunity to take part, as part of the Season of Music organised by the Cliffe Castle Support Group.

“In the late 19th and early 20th centuries tune ringing on hand bells was extremely popular across the industrial towns of Yorkshire and Lancashire. Teams played with large sets of bells, often upwards of 150 bells per team.”

To book a free place, ring 01535 618231 or email cliffe.castle@bradford.gov.uk or call to the museum and book in person.

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Talk on The Workhouse

Jude Rhodes is giving her next talk in Keighley Local Studies Library (upstairs in the main library) on Saturday 22nd February (2.30pm to 4.30pm). This time it is on The Workhouse. Jude’s talks are always thoroughly researched and informative, so well worth going along to.

Please note, this is a Local Studies Library event, so if you have any questions please contact the library.

Hospital Bazaar Handbook from 1923

This album has just ‘gone live’ on our Flickr site. It’s a 92-page handbook for a 1923 Grand Bazaar held in aid of Victoria Hospital (which at that time ran on voluntary funding). It features a history and photographs of the hospital, details of the stalls and entertainments that made up the five-day bazaar, and adverts for dozens of local businesses. It forms a fantastic window into life in Keighley over 100 years ago.

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Mechanics’ Institute Event @ Library

Keighley Local Studies Library have been in touch with a date for your diaries for the end of January…

“We have an event on Saturday, 25th January that I am sure some of your members would be very interested in. The morning is a one place study of the Mechanics’ Institute with Jude Rhodes, we shall be getting out plans, photographs and other archives out for this in the morning. In the afternoon we have the book launch of Colin Neville’s Keighley School of Art and a talk by him about the Mechanics’ Institute, the art school and its artists.”

Please contact the team in the Local Studies Library if you want any further details.

Christmas & Birthday Meeting

Terrific spread in the Keighley News for our upcoming Christmas meeting, upstairs in the Library on Wednesday 11th December 2024. This year we are not just marking the festive season but we will also be celebrating our 20th birthday.

There is the chance to look through some of the donations made throughout the year, a look back at Christmas in Keighley in 1964, a quiz, and of course cake and tea and coffee. There is also the chance to take out society membership for 2025.

The meeting is open to all. We meet upstairs in the Local Studies Library from 7.15pm (please use the Albert Street entrance if arriving after 7pm). Entry is free to History Society members or £3.50 for anyone else. The meeting finishes around 8.45pm.