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Post by Admin on Jun 19, 2010 22:26:07 GMT
 Malcolm, quite rightly reminds me, that we all have books in our bookcases which we have access to. Quite often it is mentioned that an article was found in a book..........perhaps you could tell us which book it was found in. Can we start and make a list of the books we own.....? Malcolm and I have been digitalising lots of ours, with the hope that they will survive for generations to come......... If we find we do have books which are fairly rare, perhaps we can come to some arrangement to scan them into the archive........if not at least we know they exist............. I will start and catalogue some of mine BUT I do have masses............. I will now turn this section over to you..... Jan
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Post by malcolm on Jun 23, 2010 18:28:10 GMT
OK Jan - Since you put the item onto the forum I'll start. ;D
The Midland Railway - North of Leeds by Peter E Baughan - ISBN 0-7153-8852-5
This is the story of the Leeds - Keighley - Skipton - Settle - Carlisle railway and its branch lines.
It is quite detailed about times, dates & places affected by the Railway Mania of the 1840's and the second one in the 1870's.
It contains a full list of stations, date of opening, date of closure, including Acts of Parliament required, and some of the 'conflict of interest' and 'insider dealing' which is clearly illegal today.
From a family history point of view, it even details dates and names of the appointment of staff, address, position appointed to, former occupation, wages in 1846.
The book ends with the decision announced by the new Minister of Transport in Parliament on 4th November 1964 that he "had decided to refuse his consent to the closure of twelve stations between Hellifield and Carlisle and the withdrawal of local services from this line"
So 'The Long Drag' remains open.
M
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Post by danmoorhouse on Jun 24, 2010 8:49:18 GMT
Local(ish) ones within arms reach:
Oxenhope in Times Past - Shirley Davids - ISBN 0 86157 206 8
Haworth in Times Past - Shirley Davids and Geoff Moore - ISBN 0 86157 122 3
Bradford Pals - David Raw - ISBN 1 84415 370 3
Massacre on the Marne, the life and death of the 2/5 Battalion West Yorks Regiment - Fraser Skirrow - ISBN 1 84415 496 3
Legends of Bradford City - David Markham - ISBN 978 85983 572 2
The Struggle of a Minority, a history of Catholicism in Craven - Paul Kennedy - ISBN not noted on book, published by St Stephen's Church, Skipton in 1996
Bradford in the First World War - Bradford WW1 group - ISBN 978 0 7509 4618 6
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Post by Admin on Jun 24, 2010 9:50:42 GMT
Methodist Heroes in the Great Haworth Round AD 1734 -1784
Memorials compiled by J.W. Laycock - Keighley.
Printer 1909
Keighley Coal - Mike C Gill ISBN 0 901450 57 X - British Mining No 74
Keighley Wesleyan Methodist Bazaar Chronicle Illustrated April 27 1882
Class & Politics in a Northern Industrial Town Keighley 1880 - 1914 - David James 1995 ISBN 1-85331-066-2
4 of my lesser known books......
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Post by buzzer999 on Dec 1, 2010 14:09:12 GMT
This is the cover of a Keighley Guide published by Keighley Corporation in around 1965. It is fascinating as it contains scores of adverts from old Keighley companies, I bought this from e-bay some years ago. I am sure the library will have copies of these. Dave Attachments:
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Post by buzzer999 on Dec 1, 2010 14:14:02 GMT
This is similar to the above book and is the cover of a Keighley Guide published by Keighley Corporation in around 1960. It is fascinating as it contains scores of adverts from old Keighley companies, my mother got this when she worked in local government in the offices at Cook Street/Bow Street. I am sure the library will have copies of these. I would urge anyone interested in Keighley to look in the library or try to get one on E-bay Dave Attachments:
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Post by buzzer999 on Feb 13, 2011 21:24:58 GMT
I am currently reading a fascinating book on Keighley published in 1932, it is called: Borough of Keighley Jubilee 1882 - 1932 Official Brochure It was published by the Keighley News. It contains some interesting photographs and 80 pages of fascinating information, I suspect there will be one in the library. Attachments:
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Post by les972 on Mar 23, 2011 10:53:37 GMT
I know it has nothing to do with Keighley and area but if anyone has connections to Wallasey in Cheshire, I have the book Then and Now, they were limited edition but if you want to borrow it just give me a shout.
Les
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Post by anorak on May 1, 2011 21:18:49 GMT
TRYING TIMES - THE HISTORY OF AMATEUR RUGBY IN KEIGHLEY only 30 copies in existence  Over 100 teams researched - originating from local mills, churches, migrant communities, villages etc etc Its really really good |
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Post by les972 on Aug 5, 2011 17:29:55 GMT
Just got a copy of THE HISTORY OF STEETON by JOHN CLOUGH the original was 1886
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Post by Keith Mackley on Oct 28, 2011 16:08:15 GMT
I have a book in my collection called "Class and Politics in a Northern Industrial Town Keighley 1880-1914" by David James, which is very interesting as it mentions the wool side of Keghley life and the Cooperative Society movement.
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Post by barcroftlad on Nov 1, 2011 19:52:36 GMT
Hello Keith. Did you you live on Brow top in the late 40s early 50s?
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Post by anorak on Dec 11, 2011 14:37:01 GMT
Due in June ! Attachments:
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