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Post by harrier on Jan 1, 2012 17:19:55 GMT
I was in Keighley immediately before Christmas with my grandchildren. My granddaughter asked about the Town Hall Square and the memorial. I told her that we used to call it Old Man's Park for obvious reasons and that as kids we could never get a seat on a park bench while we were waiting for a number 22 bus to take us home because of all the old people hogging them. Apologies if the Old Man Park query is old hat but I have tried to check the 'Search' for any interesting references to the Square but the search facility doesn't like characters less than four letters!!
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Post by barcroftlad on Jan 2, 2012 9:59:27 GMT
You're right harrier, it was indeed a popular place with the oldies and we called it just that-- Old Man's park. Do you remember the gents toilet at the side by the back wall of the post office? Inside both exits were signs on the wall which said " Have you adjusted your clothing?" I have never seen those signs anywhere else in the world. Cheers.  |
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Post by keighleyboy on Jan 2, 2012 12:12:06 GMT
The site of the Old Mens' Park was at one time the Corporation stone yard. When this was cleared away and it became the Town Hall Square, there was a small railed circle of trees/shrubs in the middle where the War Memorial now stands.
The stone for the Memorial was quarried locally at Eastburn, and the bronze figures are the work of Henry Fehr of South Kensington, London.
Some £6.000 was raised be public subscription for the Memorial, and it was unveiled in December 1924 - the same month that the last tram ran in Keighley.
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Post by elfremar on Jan 20, 2012 19:08:06 GMT
You're right harrier, it was indeed a popular place with the oldies and we called it just that-- Old Man's park. Do you remember the gents toilet at the side by the back wall of the post office? Inside both exits were signs on the wall which said " Have you adjusted your clothing?" I have never seen those signs anywhere else in the world. Cheers. I would like that sign in my bathroom for OH to look at before he leaves.  |
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Post by barcroftlad on Jan 20, 2012 20:41:38 GMT
You're right harrier, it was indeed a popular place with the oldies and we called it just that-- Old Man's park. Do you remember the gents toilet at the side by the back wall of the post office? Inside both exits were signs on the wall which said " Have you adjusted your clothing?" I have never seen those signs anywhere else in the world. Cheers. I would like that sign in my bathroom for OH to look at before he leaves.  |
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Post by ingrowlad on Apr 11, 2015 18:11:43 GMT
I was in Keighley immediately before Christmas with my grandchildren. My granddaughter asked about the Town Hall Square and the memorial. I told her that we used to call it Old Man's Park for obvious reasons and that as kids we could never get a seat on a park bench while we were waiting for a number 22 bus to take us home because of all the old people hogging them. Apologies if the Old Man Park query is old hat but I have tried to check the 'Search' for any interesting references to the Square but the search facility doesn't like characters less than four letters!! HEY, That brings back some memories ....... I mean the no 22 bus (bracken bank avenue ) we lived in bracken bank way ... moved there in 1950.. brand new estate then.. cheers Alec Fisher |
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