Keighley library’s celebrations got underway in earnest on Saturday 30th November with a day full of events. Mr & Mrs Carnegie were here to help celebrate our libraries milestone and St Andrew’s Day was a fitting day to celebrate our Scottish benefactors generosity in giving the gift of £10,000 in 1899 for the building of Keighley Library, the first library in England he financed.

Just some of the photos from the day. All photographs supplied by Cath Muldowney Photography.

Our two wonderful cakes were generously supplied by the Keighley Lions.

Many guests signed the original visitors book from 1904.

Mr Philip Jackson and Charlie Bhowmick MBE

The cake was cut by our longest serving volunteer Mr Philip Jackson aged 99. Mr & Mrs Carnegie ( John Ibbotson, Irene Lofthouse ) also lent a hand cutting the cakes.

Children enjoyed making hats.

Tim Neal from Keighley & District Local History Society gave an excellent talk on the History of the Library.

Irene Lofthouse as Mrs Carnegie.

Library customers, staff and volunteers posed for a group photo.