https://www.menofworth.org.uk Keighley’s Men of Worth Project researches local people who served the country in wartime. It is actively run by project directors Ian Walkden and Andy Wade. They are currently looking to put together a bid for a Heritage Lottery Fund Grant. They will be holding an initial meeting for interested persons to get…
The Third Battle of Ypres and later Passchendaele, were fought in 1917 and ran from July 31 to November 10. This was the third time this area had been fought over during the war. It would be fought over on two more occasions before the war ended. This exhibition has details of the battles in…
Still time to see the excellent exhibition by ‘The Men of Worth Project’ currently in Keighley Local Studies Library about the Arras Offensive! This ‘big push’ was intended to move the Germans back from their entrenched positions around Arras to their own entrenched Hindenburg line and it cost the lives of many local soldiers in…
There will be a final opportunity to see the extraordinary and moving film ‘The Battle of the Somme’ in Keighley Local Studies library on Saturday November 19th at 10.00am before the DVD is returned to the Imperial War Museum. The Battle of the Somme documentary was seen by millions of people across the world in…
There will be another chance to see the Imperial War Museum’s Film, “The Battle of the Somme”, at Keighley Library’s Heritage Day, on Saturday 10th September at 11am. Free entry and all welcome.
An exhibition commemorating the momentous events of the summer of 1916 opens in Keighley Local Studies Library on Saturday July 2nd, 2016. The opening event on 2nd July will feature a talk: ‘Somme 100; Keighley’s Men’ by Andy Wade the ‘Men of Worth’ project at 11am – 12noon. This will be followed by a special…
Shipley and District Remembers the Battle of The Somme Shipley Library From 2nd July More than 350 men from the Shipley area including Saltaire, Windhill, Baildon, Thackley, Idle and Eccleshill were killed, missing or wounded in the Battle of the Somme. These men will be remembered in an exhibition at Shipley Library from 2nd –…
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