St. George's Weekend 2005: 23rd & 24th April 2005

Keighley Town Council are working towards the St. George’s weekend – 23rd and 24th April.

We are combining the celebrations with the 700th anniversary of the Market Charter and therefore all the Street theatre will have a medieval touch!

Entertainment is hoped to include: jugglers, fire-eaters, jester, medieval music by wandering minstrels and hopfully a display by the Royal Armouries.

Also there will be a four day market in the Low Street area and a funfair on Church Green car park. All traders will be expected to dress accordingly.

A National Town Criers competition will be held and it is likely that at least twelve Town Criers will be attending the weekend activities.

                                                                                                   More information from: Keighley Town                                                                                                     Clerk Miggy Bailey 01535 618252

VE/VJ Day 2005: June 2005

Celebration's will be held this year to mark 60 years since both
VE & VJ Day which marked the end of the second world war.

Starting on the 2nd June, Cliffe Castle will stage a national exhibition, and will also be holding entertaiment for children including cookery demos of recipes from the 1940’s.
The theme will be ‘Blitz Revisited’.

Keighley Town Council Events Committee and the Keighley Gala Committee are to work together on the theme of the Gala Parade, which is to be VE/VJ day. Heading the parade will be a military band and on the Gala field (Victoria Park) there will be a 1940’s picnic with a big band. People will be encouraged to bring their own picnic, dress appropriately in 40’s style.

British Legion Veterans will be invited for afternoon tea and to drive in an open top bus in the Parade.

More information from:
Keighley Town Clerk Miggy Bailey 01535 618252

Keighley Festival 2005: 18th June 2005

The Town Council will be supporting Keighley Festival which begins on the 18th June.

Their opening ceremony will be focused round celebrations for the 700th Market Charter anniversary

More information from:
Keighley Town Clerk Miggy Bailey 01535 618252

KEIGHLEY CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL 2004: 5th December 2004

Following a very successful event last December, Keighley Town Council is running a Christmas Carnival on Sunday 5th December in the area of the Airedale Centre, Low Street and lower Hanover Street.

Stalls selling a variety of things including Christmas decorations and gifts will be sited in Low Street and Lower Hanover Street.

In association with Bradford Markets Division, the Town Council has arranged a three day market starting on Friday 3rd December.

Many of the charity stalls will be in lower Hanover Street on the Sunday only.

Refreshments will be available on the three days of the market.

Street entertainment on the 5th will include:-

Rudolph the Reindeer –
Disney quality Rudolph character who will Create a stunning impression at any Christmas event.

Cinderella and Prince Charming Stilt Walkers –
Traditional pantomime And storybook characters in stunning silver costumes.

Punch & Judy –
Amust for all events.

Fire-eater –
Hugely popular at last year’s event.

Face Painting and Tattoos –

Fair Organ –
The popular Fair Organ will be on hand outside the Market Hall to entertain the shoppers.

Oakworth Primary School –
Oakworth Primary School will sing carols at 11 a.m. from the stage near the Bus Station.

Celebrities –
Celebrities will include the Town Mayor, the Town Crier and hopefully Father Christmas.

OTHER EVENTS DURING THE WEEKEND :

The Rotary Club of Haworth are wrapping presents in the Airedale Centre from 9.30 a.m. on Saturday the 4th.

The Keighley Salvation Army Band will be playing in the Airedale Centre on the 4th and the 18th December from 10 – 12 noon.

More information from:
Keighley Town Clerk Miggy Bailey 01535 618252

Keighley Christmas Carnival & Sunday Market 2004: 5th December 2004

On Sunday 5th December there will be Entertainment and Market Stalls held on Low Street.

Also on 3rd, 4th & 5th December, there will be market stalls held on
Low Street.

Any charitable or other organisations wishing to have a stall on any or all of these dates please let the Town Clerk know by contacting:

More information to follow.

KEIGHLEY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS & SUNDAY MARKETS: 27th November 2005

The town centre lights will be switched on this year by Santa, on the evening of Thursday 27th November.  Also in the run-up to Christmas, there will be Sunday Markets.

Watch the press for more details.

KEIGHLEY CARNEGIE LIBRARY CENTENARY: 20th August 2004

The Town Council is working with the Library Division in organising events to celebrate the Library's Centenary.  The main day is the 20th August although events are going on in the Library between now and August.

Watch the press for more details.

KEIGHLEY CIVIC SERVICE: 2nd May 2004

For the first time the Town Mayor will be holding a Civic Service at the Shared Church:
Sunday 2nd May (time to be confirmed).

It is hoped that all the organisations in the town will be represented. It is a service to thank the workers from the voluntary sector and the voluntary civic leaders for the time and effort they put in for the benefit of Keighley.

ST. GEORGE'S WEEKEND: 23,24 & 25 April 2004

This is organised by the Gala Committee but sponsored by the Town Council.

The Town Crier has organised a Town Crier's competition involving 9 Town Criers who will be visiting Keighley from Friday to Sunday.

There will be a Dragon seen in the town centre and other street theatre. In addition we will be having a French Market. As will be seen from the newspaper we have had great problems holding this event because of Bradford's insistence on the organisers paying £2,000 for the privilege of holding a market in Keighley. The committee has decided that the French Market be staged at Cavendish Court and it is hoped that the French Market organisers will be happy with this. It should, however, encourage trade to the Cavendish Street side of town.

On the Sunday the Scouts and Guides have their St. George's Day Parade at the Shared Church.

KEIGHLEY DAY REPORT:
Saturday 20th March 2004
The second year this has been held celebrating the inception of the Town Council in 2002.

A large number of attractions featured in the Town Centre:
    Oakbank Popstars,
    The Silver Stompers,
    Uncle Peter's Magic Show and Punch and Judy,
    Stilt walker,
    Face Painting,
    Karaoke,
    Keighley Cougar Cats,
    Keighley Musicians Centre.

20 stalls donned Low Street but unfortunately adverse weather conditions forced them to shut down early and there were a number of minor injuries caused by falling stalls! Thankfully no one was badly injured but we had the professional team of St. John's Ambulance on hand who dealt admirably with the injured.

Lund Park was also the scene of a large event, run in conjunction with the Community group there but it had to be abandoned.

On the Sunday many local attractions were open to celebrate Keighley Day. Despite all, it was a good event.

Keighley Day:
20th and 21st March 2004

A program showing the events taking place with entertainment, music, stalls and events being held at local tourist attractions, is being compiled and should be ready for distribution within the next month.

In this program you will see that:

CLIFFE CASTLE MUSEUM is to be open from 10.00am to 5.00pm with free admission. Here the public can rediscover the history in the Town's largest existing Mill Owner's mansion and Tea can be taken on the site of the Old vinery.

VICTORIA PARK LEISURE CENTRE will have a model Railway Show from 10pm to 6pm.

Real Ale can be tasted In CAMRA's 'pub of the season' buffet car.

INGRO LOCO is the Bahamas Locomotive Society's Workshop & Museum and Keighley's newest attraction with guided tours available.

MUSEUM OF RAIL TRAVEL - a fascinating collection based on railway carriages telling the story of railway travel.

KEIGHLEY AND DISTRICT TRAVEL show bus will be in Low Street with details of new town services.

ON THE SUNDAY:

Once again you can visit:
INGROW RAILWAY CENTRE
Board a train and enjoy real ale in "CAMRA'S PUB OF THE SEASON BUFFET CAR".
INGROW LOCO.
Guided tours available.
MUSEUM OF RAIL TRAVEL.
The story of rail travel.
AIREVALLEY VINTAGE MACHINERY CLUB
Informal display of tractors, stationary engines and other items of vintage machinery.
From 11.00 to 5.00pm Admission free.
KEIGHLEY BUS MUSEUM TRUST
Free heritage bus to be run every 45mins.
CLIFFE CASTLE MUSEUM
Admission free open 12-5pm.
EAST RIDDLESDEN HALL
Open 12 -4pm costumed guided tours - first come first served - max. 20 per tour. Themed Mother's Day lunches and teas by prior booking on 01535 607075.
KEIGHLEY BUS MUSEUM
Rare chance to see the unique wooden bodied electric bus.
VICTORIA PARK LEISURE CENTRE
Model Railway Show 10.00 to 5.00pm.

BALLOON RACE UPDATE:
Sainsbury's is to sponsor the whole of the Balloon race. The prize is to be a £50 shopping voucher and £50 cash for the winner. The person who returns the winning ticket will receive £20. Collections for tickets have already started.

LUND PARK:
There will be a Tombola, Fun Run, Nature Trail, Stalls and Live Music. Fairground rides are a possibility.

ENTERTAINMENT:

The Music Centre are organizing Rock Bands, a Karaoke session and individual musicians.
Oakbank School is providing budding young Popstars which will reproduce some of the Acts performed in their earlier performance of the Pop Idol competition which the Town Mayor was invited to attend and thoroughly enjoyed.
The Samara Belly Dancers are to perform providing we can get accommodation to house them.
Silver Stompers Line Dancers - as above.
Uncle Peter's Punch and Judy show.
A Stilt Walker has been booked.
There will be a Fairground organ provided by Stuart Marti-Bowler as at the Christmas carnival.

VERY LIKELY POSSIBILITIES:

Keighley in Bloom:

The Recreation & Leisure Committee of Keighley Town Council actively supported the Keighley in Bloom Competition in July 2003 and hopefully will do for many years to come as part of the wider Britain in Bloom competition which takes place each summer.

The Competition was set to make Keighley brighter and better and to encourage people to take pride in where they live and work, and to help keep it clean and tidy.

Two Projects were set for the Children of Primary Schools in Keighley; one was for the children to design a poster for Keighley In Bloom with a smallish prize for the winning child and a prize worth around £200 to be chosen for their School.

For the second Project each child of participating schools were provided with a free packet of seeds to be planted in an area where flowers do not usually grow (an unkempt garden, waste land, or a pot in the back yard!) so that they can turn drab areas of the Town into a kaleidoscopic celebration of summer in time for the competition in 2004.

This plan is just part of the Town Council's drive to promote the Keighley in Bloom Competition. Also, as part of Keighley in Bloom, the Chair of the Recreation & Leisure Committee, Cllr. Bob Horrell, launched a "Pub In Bloom" competition to find the most impressive floral display adorning a Keighley Pub with a cash Prize of £200 awarded for the best display. Entry to the competition was of no cost.

A third competition for all Garden Enthusiasts living within the Keighley Town Council area was set to judge the "Best kept front Garden", "The Best Small Garden" and " The Best kept Container Garden" for which once again entry to all Categories was free. The prize for the competition was a plaque engraved with the winner's name.

 

Keighley Day:

Following the success of last year's Keighley Day we are forging ahead to arrange a similar event for 2004. This will take place for the week-end of 20th and 21st March 2004 in the Town Centre.

Again there will be a wide variety of stalls and lots of entertainment which is yet to be arranged. The overall theme of the event is to celebrate who and what makes up the essence of Keighley.

The Celebrations are an opportunity for all the varied cultures within Keighley to show everyone else their history, traditions, what they are proud of and their hopes for the future.

Keighley Town Council want the festivities to belong to the people of Keighley and while we are organising some events we are also allowing individuals, community groups, businesses etc. to hold their own events, under the umbrella of Keighley Day which we can help publicise and co-ordinate.

This day is chiefly to celebrate the formation of the Keighley Town Council in 2002.

 

Christmas Carnival:

Also last year, for the first time Keighley Town Council sponsored, along with representatives from other organisations in the town, the Christmas Carnival, which was also a huge success.

The Carnival started at 10.00am with the opening of a variety of different market stalls.

There was a variety of Street Theatre, including a Fire Eater, Dizzy and Dotty the comical, carolling duo, a Punch and Judy Show, contributions from local entertainment groups in the Airedale Centre and lots of Festive Music.

With Childrens' Rides, a Fair Organ and Mulled Wines all available the occasion was a great success in the run up to Christmas.

The day came to a close with a special memorial service with music from the Salvation Army and balloons released in memory of loved ones.

Keighley Town Council hope to hold the event on three consecutive Sundays this coming November/December following its success this last year.