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, Mark Elliott, Albert Mosley and probably several others I have inadvertently missed out.

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

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Reunions	Panoramas	Class photos
Keighlians’ Welcome Home Dinner-1946 and review Dinner Old Keighlians Association 1958 5B (1945-50) Reunion 1959, Albert Hotel April 1995 reunion: 1 2 Keighley News cutting (28th April 1995) Organised in part by Don Mosey, more info 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 Allan Jones with: David Haigh Brian Exley 2008	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 All-in-one 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 Parkwood Juniors, summer 1951 Comment 3 from Lawkholme 1952 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 Detail from inside the hall 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 _______________________ Keighley Victoria Hospital - early 1900's 1905 postcard Blind Advocate 1 2 “Disastrous Fire at Keighley” 1908 Old Keighley Pre 1914 Mechanics' Institute and Methodist Church Trams early 1900s Morton Banks Hospital 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 Stockbridge: c. 1900 c. 1929 Sep 1930 Flood 1946 Flood 1946 with lady Building 1929-30 North St. Feb 1947 Victoria Hospital 1971 Keighley Pubs Lord Rodney Market Arms Eastwood Tavern Stockbridge Arms	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 Humphrey Head
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 Reception for new teachers Sep 1958 Staff and Governors Feb 1959 Speech Day Nov 1959 Watthey, Switft, Milton retires Xmas 1962 Kenny Preston July 1962 Sam Riley, Midgley, Watthey, Prof. Butterfield 1964 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 _______________________ 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 Buses at Skipton Transport Festival Keighley-Skipton service 10 via Crosshills & Kildwick	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 _______________________ 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 “An urgent note by the headmaster” by N. Hind 1948 Compliments slip A rare one given by ‘Joe’ Watthey Allocation confirmation 1960 Mathematical Pie - October 1960 First school council 1966 Comment from A. Smith	The Keighlian April 1918 Listing of WW1 combatants (Large file 8MB in PDF) Harry Harper and his wife Hannah Second master in the 1920s _______________________ Lister Dawson (ex 1930s) By permission of Joyce Dawson & Barbara Klempka via Jan Perkins & Derek Newiss Postcards (Front, Back) Portrait F B Wall removal 1930 F B Cricket Team 1930 F B Rugby 1930-1 F Rugby 1931-2 F B Gym team 1929 F B School v. Old Boys 1931 F B Portrait School play 1937 1 2 _______________________ Alfred Lee Harper (2nd from right, front) in Iolanthe Keighlian, Summer 1941 Forty Years On Life at school in 1902 Asa Briggs memories OKA Booklet for Dec 1947 Testimonial by Neville Hind For Geoff Clapham in 1946 Autographed Keighlian Cover from Christmas 1947, Form VA Trevor Pickles’ Sun Supalite News of Old Boys 1954 Sutton Mill employees c. 1954 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 News of Old Boys 1970: 1 2 3

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