JUST KEIGHLEY

Let's start at Keighley's railway station. 144016 calls on a city-bound service in 1987.

Services today are operated by diesel and electric trains of Northern Rail.

By 1969, the Worth Valley platforms had been take over by preservationists.

 

Off peak services were being operated by a railbus in 1994.

Plenty of variety of steam on offer.

Keighley Corporation once ran trams. Car 5 is seen on Station Bridge.

Keighley was an early pioneer of trolleybuses.

Here's the old bus station in Keighley in the early 1960s.

Keighley Corporation sold its buses to the West Yorkhire Road Car Company and, until the 1970s, vehicles wore the name "Keighley - West Yorkshire".

After deregulation and privatisation, Keighley & District became the main operator in town.

Transdev now run most services.

Here's an old view of Keighley Market.

The parish church and beside it is the Lord Rodney pub, a Taylor's house. It's now called Taylors on The Green.

There are lots more Taylor's pubs in town. Here's the Boltmakers.

Next up, the Burlington Arms, but it seems to be "long term closed".

The Volunteers was sold off by Taylor's and now has no real ale.

In contrast, the Brown Cow is now a true free house.

I can now find no reference to the Friendly Inn.

The Royal Oak is still going strong.

The Brewery Arms came under the ownership of Worth Brewery. Both have since closed.

Sadly, the Cricketers closed in early 2022. A great loss to the town.

In the next post, we'll wander around the hills and dales of the local area.