History of Pubs and Breweries of Keighley

Keighley Pub.  Kings Arms
  • Keighley Local Studies Library
  • Saturday 1st June
  • 2.30pm -4.30pm

Well-known Local historian Eddie Kelly will discuss some of Keighley’s lost pubs, and there will be an opportunity for visitors to examine Archives including maps, plans and photos, of old hostelries in the town.

The study of Keighley’s pubs, some of Keighley’s oldest buildings, in turn reveals the progress and development of the town’s history and growth.

For example, how a pub landlord set a train of developments that directly led to the education of two of England’s greatest historians, both locally born and educated, Lord Asa Briggs and Sir Herbert Butterfield
Find out which pub the Brontes stayed in, and which was the scene of a Christmas murder.

This is a free event. No need to book.

For more information, please telephone or email Keighley Local Studies Library, Telephone 01535 618215, Email keighleylocalstudies@bradford.gov.uk
Keighley Local Studies Library, 1st floor, Keighley Library, North Street, Keighley, BD21 3SX.

Leave a comment