Keighley Boys' Grammar School
www.kbgs.com


Photo Album

New stuff in red.


Thanks to Malcolm Binns, Anthony George Smith (“A.G.”), Allan Jones, Trevor Pickles, Ian Rojko (né Ihor), Peter Watthey, Shaun Pye, Terry Marston, Phil (Nobby) Dore, Keighley & Dist. Photo. Society, Keighley Library, Jonathan Boughton, Mike Nichols, David Baldwin, Brian R Moate, Peter Nichols, Dave Jessop, Tim Clapham, Derrick Birtwhistle, Ian Procter, John Waddington-Feather, Rob Grillo/Mrs G. M. Greenwood, David Seeley, John Lee, Derek A. Newiss, Tom Bell and probably several others I have missed out.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

More photos here: Faculty  Headmasters School Camp, Now and Then, Inside the school, Cinemas and Sports

 

Some images may require a PDF reader

 

Reunions

Panoramas

Class photos

 

Keighlians’ Welcome Home Dinner-1946 and review

 

Dinner Old Keighlians Association 1958

 

5B (1945-50) Reunion

1959, Albert Hotel

 

Old Boys' Reunion 1996

 

Form 1 1937 in 2004

Left to right: B Anderton, G Kitchen, Derek Lee, Geoffrey Rundle & Duncan Townson

 

Old Boys' KBGS Reunion 2005

 

Bradford Street Gang Reunion

Turkey Inn Sept 2006

 

Form 5B 1945-50 reunion at the Dog & Gun, Glusburn, July 2005

At 'The Boltmakers'

Dave Baldwin, Ray Land, Michael Maude, John Ackroyd, Geoff Walker, Dave Boddy at 'The Boltmakers', East Parade, on Dec 14 2006

 

Keith Watkinson, Mike Nichols, and Jack Webber 2006

 

Reunion 2007

 

 

1920

Hanging in Keighley library

 

1924

Location unknown

 

1928

Location unknown

 

1932

Location unknown

 

1936

Full view

Detail: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Colin Firth

 

1940

Detail: 1 2 3 4 5

Comment from David Seeley

 

1946

Detail: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Part view

Comment on part view, Terry Marston.

 

1950

Full view

 

1954

Detail: 1 2 3 4

Comment from Terry Marston.

 

1958

Detail: 1 2 3 4

 

1960

Full view  

Detail: 1 2 3 4

1964

Full view  

 

 

 

Eastwood Junior School (1943-4)

Comment from David Seeley

 

Eastwood School 1945

From Keighley News 2003

 

Form 2c- 1948

Names

 

Eastwood Junior school c. 1948

 

Form 4x 1948

Comment from David Seeley

 

Form 4B 1948

Comment from David Seeley

 

Ingrow CC Juniors of 1950

Comment from David Seeley

 

Ingrow infants 1951

 

Over the wall c.1950

Comment from David Seeley

 

Boys from Ingrow Junior School

Comment from  Shaun Pye

 

Holycroft Infants 1955-56

Comment from David Baldwin

 

Form 2B1

Form2B 1960

Names

 

Form 3B 1961-62

Comment from David Baldwin

 

Form 3A 1961-62

Comment from Ian Procter

 

Form 2c 1961   

Comment from A. Smith

 

Form 4 1962  

Class photo from 1962

 

Campus & Old Keighley

Newspaper clippings

Trips

 

Campus map

 

Mechanics Institute

Old hall & new one at Oakbank   

 

fire1962 fire1962

churchparade1962

newschool1966

The Fire   

Fire aftermath: 1 2 3

Go home for 1 week!

 

Fire

Fire2

Fire3

KBGSFire-1

KBGSFire-2

KBGSFire-3

 

Remains of Mech. Inst. in 2004

Foundation stone

 

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Keighley Victoria Hospital - early 1900's

 

1905 postcard

 

Old  Keighley Pre 1914

 

Mechanics' Institute and Methodist Church

 

Trams early 1900s

 

Morton Banks Hospital

Morton Banks Hospital

 

Aerial view of Eastwood area 1930s

…and modern day

 

Queen's Theatre, Keighley, 1956

 

St John’s Hospital

 

Keighley map from 50s

Detail: 1 2

 

 

 

Dr Coggan and Dave Harrison's prize

Keighley News 28/11/1959

 

Fund raising for the Baths

Keighley News 3/11/1962

 

Daily Mirror cutting, 1966

Newspaper clipping 1

Newspaper clipping 2

 

Humphrey Head camp

 

Kbgs.com in Keighley News, 2/3/01

 

KBGS Building sold to Bradford Metropolitan District Council 2006

 

Arthur Seeley’s 'Storm over Fewston’

Winner of poetry competition in 2006/7

Seat plate Sitting Radio interview

 

Postcard from Kirkcudbright 1939

 More camp photos here

 

Sixth Form's outing to Festival of Britain Exhibition, July 1951

Photo Listing

 

Belgium trip 1956

Comment from Phil (Nobby) Dore.

 

Continental tour 1959

 

Visit to Spain

B Moate & J Hall

Group in Barcelona

Eric Walton and Jim Hall

 

Visit to Italy

Summit of Vesuvius

Walking into crater

Solfatara near Naples

 

In the Forum in Rome

Comment from David Baldwin

 

Ben Trenouth’s info sheets for 1964 Italy Trip: 1 2 3

 

Speech day/Concerts/Trainspotters

Uniforms & Courses

Miscellaneous

 

'Twelfth Night' cast 1945

 

Joke from Speech Day 1953

At Temple St Methodist Church, Monday 7/12/53

 

Keighlian 1955 with teachers signatures

Key to signatures

 

Dance 1965 Receipt

 

SpeechDay 1963 A  B  C

 

Speech Day 1962 and 1964

 

School Concert 1966

Programme page (i) (ii)

 

Speech Day programme 1966

List of Masters 1967-68

Founders' Day Service Sheet 1968

 

 

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Trainspotters’ Corner

 

1944 copy of the LMS Engines

Cover from 1947

LMS summer 1957 edition guide

46224 Princess Alexandra 1959

Jubilee Nos. 3042  2041

 

Railway Society Oct 1961

Led by 'Danny' Dunthorne, showing Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 'Pug'

 

Bus pass for X67 route

 

Rugby Ground Gates May 1963

 

 

1960s tie & scarf  Badges

Comment from Anthony Smith

 

Complete school outfits…

and the best value in school bags,

“Beau Brummel” school clothes

 

School blazer

Old Keighlians’ tie

 

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J.D.Lee Handicraft Prize-1938

Cover Inside

 

Scholarship paper, 1942

 

Bell's Latin Course Pt 1

 

Harry Milton's Clarendon French Course 'Part IV': Cover Inside

 

The dreaded report book

 

Mike Nichols school report

Cover 1943 1945

 

Anthony Smith school report

Cover 1963 1966 Comment

 

Arthur Smith book prize

and inside

 

1955 GCE results for KBGS

 

Harry Harper and his wife Hannah

Second master in the 1920s

 

Alfred Lee Harper

(2nd from right, front) in Iolanthe

 

Asa Briggs memories

OKA Booklet for Dec 1947

 

Autographed Keighlian Cover from Christmas 1947,  Form VA

 

An urgent note by the headmaster

by N. Hind 1948

 

Forty Years On

Life at school in 1902

 

News of Old Boys 1954

 

Sutton Mill employees c. 1954

 

Compliments slip

A rare one given by ‘Joe’ Watthey

 

Allocation confirmation 1960

Mathematical Pie - October 1960

 

Ilkley Lido Pinup c.1960

 

Old Keighlians' colours ad 1963

 

19th St John’s Cubs 1955-56

 

19th St Johns Cubs

More cubs

 

Cyril Lee

At KBGS c. 1922-1928

1 2

 

At the Marquis of Granby

The football table in 64/65

 

First school council 1966

Comment from A. Smith

 

News of Old Boys 1970: 1 2 3

 

 

 

 

 


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