You've done a a great job putting that together just right. Some things were better in the past; no cars etc, but the grime, overcrowding and poor quality building were not. Everyone worrying about town centres but look at what has happened already in the last 150 years.
Great video. Lots of memories growing up here, going to Keighley tech, playing in the pool leagues at the pubs etc. now in Toronto Canada, thanks for the great memories and historical flashbacks.
A trip down memory lane. Thank you for showing me how good my home town looks now and for the detailed comments. I remember it growing up in the 40s and 50s. Strange to see that patch of green on North street between the junction with Alice street and Cavendish street which was the site of the boys grammar school as well as the Mechanics Institute.
What a superb video - brilliantly done. I suppose some of the old buildings had to go if unsafe but many could have been cleaned up, the poor quality of the replacements is sad. The loss of the Mechanics was tragic and the college should have been kept in the heat of the town - the empty space needs filling with something that will draw people in. The amazing view at 14:32 is what I remember when running to meet my dad coming home from work - we lived on Well St. - not that I appreciated it then in the 50s!
Very interesting ! My first stay in Keighley took place in 1970. I am a regular visitor (except during the Covid lockdown), I now understand all the changes. In 1970, some mills were still working...
My family were from Keighley. My aunt had a hairdressing salon in the arcade that Tuner and Wall were in and my mother worked there and trained as a hair dresser. This was very early 70s. They'd often go to ;The Bake and Take' and get their lunch es from their. My dad went to the Technical college after high school and went on to run a garage with a business partner. In the mid 70s my aunt gave uo hair dressing and took over the Green Gables and ran that for a while with her second husband.
Interesting to see the way young girls were dressed in the old days, and the difference in dress codes today. I just love to watch these Yorkshire videos
As with most towns and cities, the proud Victorians would turn in their graves if they could see what so called modern architects and town planners have replaced their splendid buildings with.
The pub and both sides was all part of a warehouse at one time - the cricketer arms (now closed i believe) became a Tim Taylor's pub in the 1840s The oldest mill nearby at Gresley road was built in the late 1700s - and was the oldest cotton mill in keighley - only a small portion of it remains. Looking at older maps, a vast area around there were mills and warehouses, so it makes sense that this one was a cotton warehouse ;-)
@@allabouteve3290 Cheers,I went past the cricketers/globe x6 times in 1988, i went in the cricketers but never the globe for no reason,i remember a factory vibe & always thought of that hovis ad like old fashioned,i went over to it but was gutted to find out the cricketers had closed 17 days prior which is pretty recent.
@@allabouteve3290 When i got there the first thing i noticed was the windows had been changed from etched to plain glass & the pub sign had also gone,souvenirs?.
You've done a a great job putting that together just right. Some things were better in the past; no cars etc, but the grime, overcrowding and poor quality building were not. Everyone worrying about town centres but look at what has happened already in the last 150 years.
Keighley is actually a beautiful place.
Love the old buildings.
Thanks
Thanks for your great work, that was a very pleasant twenty minutes.
Absolutely fabulous - thank you! I love the 'then' and 'now' photos! A real trip down memory lane! 👍😊👍
Great video. Lots of memories growing up here, going to Keighley tech, playing in the pool leagues at the pubs etc. now in Toronto Canada, thanks for the great memories and historical flashbacks.
A trip down memory lane. Thank you for showing me how good my home town looks now and for the detailed comments. I remember it growing up in the 40s and 50s. Strange to see that patch of green on North street between the junction with Alice street and Cavendish street which was the site of the boys grammar school as well as the Mechanics Institute.
What a superb video - brilliantly done. I suppose some of the old buildings had to go if unsafe but many could have been cleaned up, the poor quality of the replacements is sad. The loss of the Mechanics was tragic and the college should have been kept in the heat of the town - the empty space needs filling with something that will draw people in. The amazing view at 14:32 is what I remember when running to meet my dad coming home from work - we lived on Well St. - not that I appreciated it then in the 50s!
As a resident of Keighley i really appreciated this.Thanks!
Nice to remember how some of the buildings looked I remember some
Very interesting ! My first stay in Keighley took place in 1970. I am a regular visitor (except during the Covid lockdown), I now understand all the changes. In 1970, some mills were still working...
Fantastic. Great to remember some places. Graham Spencer
My family were from Keighley. My aunt had a hairdressing salon in the arcade that Tuner and Wall were in and my mother worked there and trained as a hair dresser. This was very early 70s. They'd often go to ;The Bake and Take' and get their lunch es from their. My dad went to the Technical college after high school and went on to run a garage with a business partner. In the mid 70s my aunt gave uo hair dressing and took over the Green Gables and ran that for a while with her second husband.
That was very reminiscent, thank you
Excellent! - Thank you for making that. 👍
Interesting to see the way young girls were dressed in the old days, and the difference in dress codes today. I just love to watch these Yorkshire videos
Ah Keighley, with all its flaws...
Great memories here.
This was Brilliant, Thank you so much.
Grateful that I’ve been there a few times
I think it would be fair to say we have spent the last 100 years vandalising the architecture of our town.
So true - and the replacements will not last as long and look terrible when older - compared to the well designed older period.
As with most towns and cities, the proud Victorians would turn in their graves if they could see what so called modern architects and town planners have replaced their splendid buildings with.
What were the buildings either side of the cricketers pub on coney lane?.
The pub and both sides was all part of a warehouse at one time - the cricketer arms (now closed i believe) became a Tim Taylor's pub in the 1840s
The oldest mill nearby at Gresley road was built in the late 1700s - and was the oldest cotton mill in keighley - only a small portion of it remains.
Looking at older maps, a vast area around there were mills and warehouses, so it makes sense that this one was a cotton warehouse ;-)
@@allabouteve3290 Cheers,I went past the cricketers/globe x6 times in 1988, i went in the cricketers but never the globe for no reason,i remember a factory vibe & always thought of that hovis ad like old fashioned,i went over to it but was gutted to find out the cricketers had closed 17 days prior which is pretty recent.
@@duncandistortion yeah i think they will be demolishing the lot soon
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@@allabouteve3290 When i got there the first thing i noticed was the windows had been changed from etched to plain glass & the pub sign had also gone,souvenirs?.
Though now cleaner looking the old charm of Keighley has now been lost.
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Was born and raised in Keighley in the 70s, wouldn't want to live there now
My town looks ugly now with it'd modernisation. It had character in the early 1900s, now its closed business, foringe business and crackheads.