Keighley, Cavendish Street c.1910
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This is the town's main shopping street. Lower down, a canopy over the pavement keeps the Pennine precipitation off the shoppers. At the top of the street was the new market (dating from 1833), which took the 500-year-old trade from Church Green. It is 9.20 in the morning, and we are looking up the street from Lawkholme Crescent towards the Carnegie Public Library of 1904. The optician's shop on the left, next to the famous Cycling Club building, was replaced in 1923 by a building society. The United Methodist Church had the highest spire in town. The weathercock, at 125 feet, was a landmark for nearly seven decades until it was swept away for the Keighley College in 1953. Gordon Bottomley, poet and playwright, was born in 1874 in the Dutch-style house on the right.
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