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From Flickr: “Keighley, West Yorkshire – official guide cover, c1955” by mikeyashworth

The then independent Borough of Keighley’s offial guide for 1955 has this colourful take on the Borough’s Town Hall – with what looks like the Mayor’s limousine to hand! The town’s motto is a pun on the local river, the Worth – as in the now famous preserved railway, the Read More →

From Flickr: “Wask up and down suspension gear – advert issued by Walter Slingsby, Keighley, 1938” by mikeyashworth

The ‘WASK" – standing for Walter A Slingsby of Keighley was a patent system designed to make maintenance of main road high power gas street lighting easier – using a series of gearing to lower the lantern down, with a hinged and bracketed system of gas supply pipes. It all Read More →

From Flickr: “Wask up and down suspension gear – advert issued by Walter Slingsby, Keighley, 1938” by mikeyashworth

The ‘WASK" – standing for Walter A Slingsby of Keighley was a patent system designed to make maintenance of main road high power gas street lighting easier – using a series of gearing to lower the lantern down, with a hinged and bracketed system of gas supply pipes. It all Read More →

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