Temperance Hotel - Royal Arcade

[Admin]

Hi Everyone

Had a fantastic day at the Local History/Family History Day at the Local Studies Library today. Lots of members, lots of information - fantastic.

Met Andy & Lewis Parker..................which was brilliant. Malcolm was there, lots of the villages were represented by their own society......................where was everyone else???

I wonder if anyone can help me, I visited the Royal Arcade on one of the original visits, so did not bother on consequent ones, BUT I was informed that although the visit did not cover the same amount of underground street, they were taken upstairs, to the residential area. I am told (reliable source) that there is a sign up there which says Temperance Hotel, I cannot find any reference to this. Has anyone got any information for me?

Jan

[malcolm]

Hi Jan
The Temperance Hotel was the corner part of the Royal Arcade - The one with the fancy circular tower. I know a member of the Family History Society who lived on the opposite side of the road to the Temperance Hotel in her early days of marriage (behind was is now Motorworld) and she looked onto the Main Entrance of the Hotel which was on the side street. They also think that there was a slope down to the rear of the Royal Arcade which allowed horses to be taken down underneath - where you may have visited.

Yes, it was a good day and a number of people now know where their ancestors are buried.

Regards Malcolm

[Admin]

Thank you Malcolm, What a useful friend you are...................nice to see you again today.

See you soon.

Jan

[maryb]

Were there two Temperence Hotels as while searching for someone on the family quiries page connected to the Brook family I came accross John Farrar Pickles Tea dealer and Temperence Hotel Keeper on 1871 census, address Cavendish Street.
He had an array of lodgers i.e theatre and circus workers.

Regards Mary.

[Admin]

Hi Mary

I think the one on Cavendish Street was called The Imperial Temperance Hotel...............I am sure there is a query about it, which Mike started some time ago...............

WIll search the forum and see if I can see it.....

Jan

[maryb]

Thanks Jan,I know of the Imperial down Cavendish st,didn't know they were the same though.
I was asking Desmond Jackson a friend of mine about it on friday he said that days bought it and turned it into a restaurant at one time.

Mary.

[Admin]

Hi Mary

I believe that he is correct...........we need to find out more.

I am sure I have been given some things for our archive from Desmond Jackson............................does he live Long Lee way?

Thanks

[Admin]

This is from an old post by Mike and followed up by other members..........

You can check back memories by using the search button at the top.........Hope all this helps Mary.

The Imperial Hotel

Does anyone have any memories of, or information on, the 'Imperial Temperance Hotel - Restaurant and Cafe' on Cavendish Street?

I have a little booklet from the time of the first world war issued by Keighley Council, extolling the virtues of Keighley as a commercial and residential centre. The booklet contains various advertisements for local shops etc. but this one caught my eye.

The hotel was the at the top end of the existing row of shops with the glass canopies (currently occupied by Fletchers stationers and Ryderz clothing on the ground floor).

It would presumably have been the 'abstainers' alternative to the 'Cavendish Hotel' that stands a few feet way. It also traded as 'T. Tunnicliffe - high-class confectioner and caterer'. A four course dinner was available at lunchtimes for the grand sum of 1 shilling and six pence.

No idea how long it existed as a hotel/restaurant - any ideas anyone???

P.S. It's telephone number was a very memorable - 111.

Re: The Imperial Hotel

I used to have my birthday parties as a young child at the Imperial and so did many of my friends. It was considered somewhat 'posh' to do this, however, we weren't 'posh' at all. I remember the room was very grand and the food was just fabulous.

Oh forgot to say this would be the early 1960's.

Blimey I had no idea it was still going in the 60's.

I was beginning to think it must have closed a very long time ago as none of the usual posters seem to remember it.

Thanks a lot for that.

Regards - Mike

! can remember delivering milk there in the 1960's it was owned by Days.

[ajp1963]

Hi Jan

I have been upstairs in the royal arcade and you can vagely see the word hotel coming through the paintwork,if you ask Frank the owner im sure he would let you view it jan.
It is on the internal wall on the fleece street side.

Regards
Lewis

[maryb]

Hi Jan,yes he does live up Long Lee and he knows lots and lots about keighley and the past.He is a lovely man a true gent,not many of them about now. The Temperence down Cavendish Street must have been a fair size according to it's residents on the census forms.
If it was on the corner where Fletchers stationary is now,then I remember a clothes shop there in 1971 owned by Evan Kennedy and his wife,I think they called it number one or something.

Best Wishes Mary.