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unusual facts about Oakbank School, Keighley



Arthur Brough

His daughter Joanna Hutton (died 2002) became the first female curator of the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, for a period in the 1960s - coincidentally just three miles away from the town of Keighley, where Arthur Brough's Are You Being Served? co-star Mollie Sugden was born.

Bradford Girls' Choir

It has 35 members of girls aged between 10 and 18 from Keighley and Bradford schools under the direction of Thomas Leech.

Cougar Stadium

Cougar Park, a rugby league stadium in Keighley, England, which is the home stadium of Keighley Cougars

Craftsman Magazine

The final Fleece to Jumper Spinning Competition was held in 1995 at East Riddlesden Hall, Keighley, West Yorkshire, a National Trust property.

Craven and District Football League

The league is essentially based on Craven and so includes several teams from the main Craven centres such as Skipton, Settle, Cross Hills and Cononley, but its catchment extends into nearby districts of Lancashire and West Yorkshire with, for example, teams from Bradford, Colne, Ilkley, Keighley and Pendle also taking part.

Cross Hills

Other eating places include Tams Cantonese restaurant and the Bella Napoli Italian restaurant, both on Main Street, and the Zolsha Indian restaurant which is at the eastern limit of the village on the junction of Keighley Road and Skipton Road.

Far right in the United Kingdom

They have never achieved representation in the House of Commons, although they have had a number of local councillors in some inner-city areas of east London, and towns in Yorkshire and Lancashire, such as Burnley and Keighley.

Gary Waller

At the 1997 general election, he lost his Keighley seat to Labour's Ann Cryer, widow of Bob Cryer.

Geoff Keighley

As of January 2008, besides hosting GTTV, Keighley can still be seen as a correspondent on another G4 show, The Electric Playground, and his work can be read in monthly columns on the GameFly website.

Happy slapping

She had pleaded guilty at Leeds Crown Court in February 2008 to aiding and abetting the manslaughter of Gavin Waterhouse, 29, from Keighley, West Yorkshire.

Herbert Butterfield

Butterfield was born in Oxenhope in Yorkshire, and received his education at the Trade and Grammar School in Keighley.

Ilkley bus station

Buses run from the bus station around the town and as far afield as Bradford, Harrogate, Keighley, Leeds, Otley, Skipton and York.

Indices of deprivation 2004

Examples of this can be found by comparing central areas of Keighley using the Bradford District Deprivation Index (a Deprivation index developed by Bradford Council produced at 1991 Census Enumeration District level) with the ID2004.

Ingrow

Ingrow is a suburb of Keighley, West Yorkshire, England.

Joan Humble

Born, Jovanka Piplica, Joan Humble was educated at Keighley Girls (now known as Greenhead High School) and Lancaster University where she received a BA degree in History in 1972.

John Brigg

He was actively engaged in Worsted business until 1890, being Chairman of John Brigg & Company Ltd., worsted-spinners and manufacturers of Calversyke Mill, Keighley.

Keighley and Kendal Turnpike

Settle made a provision that no gate could be set up nearer to Keighley than Steeton.

Keighley Festival

The Keighley Festival is a festival held in the town of Keighley, West Yorkshire, England during a two-week period in June or July each year.

Keighley News

As well as Keighley, its circulation area includes Cross Hills, Cullingworth, Denholme, East Morton, Haworth, Oxenhope, Silsden and Steeton.

Latham Tawhai

After playing for the champion North Harbour Sea Eagles in the Lion Red Cup, Tawhai represented New Zealand at the inaugural Super League World Nines, helping the side to victory before signing for Keighley in 1996.

Long Lee

Long Lee is a medium sized village located a mile from the town of Keighley, West Yorkshire, England.

Margaret Wintringham

Margaret Longbottom was born in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at Bolton Road School, Silsden where her father was the head teacher, and then Keighley Girls' Grammar School.

Maurice Bamford

He also enjoyed time at Wigan, Halifax, Bradford Northern, Workington Town, York, Keighley, Prescot Panthers, and Lancashire Lynx.

Oakbank School, Keighley

The school was visited by former Minister for Sport, Gerry Sutcliffe.

Ross Raisin

He was born in Keighley in Yorkshire, and after attending Bradford Grammar School he studied English at King's College London, which was followed by a period as a trainee wine bar manager and a postgraduate degree in creative writing at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Swire Smith

In conversation with Carnegie at his home, Skibo Castle in Sutherland, Smith celebrated the success of Keighley’s students but lamented the need for a public library in the town to support them.


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