An interesting (well, moderately) coincidence that the planned new school building should be announced during the three-hundreth anniversary year of John Drake's original grammar school in Keighley. Drake was the well-to-do landlord of either the Lord Rodney or the Kings Arms, on Church Green - the latter I remember being pulled own in the late fifties - at the start of the sixties' vandalism. The foundation stone for Drake's school can still be seen (almost!) at the Low Street end of the stump of Cooke Lane, very high up on the LHS coming in from Low Street. There is a photograph of it on the website, I think under 'Miscellaneous', or maybe 'Old Keighley' - can't quite remember. Although records are a bit obscure on the subject (Miles Gale, the Rector of Keighley in the early eighteenth century, is thought for various Church 'political' reasons to be an unreliable source, though the only one), the first free grammar school was established by Tonson in 1684, and his school was merged with Drake's in or a bit after 1715. That 'new' school had a staff of one for some forty-odd children of varying ages.

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1951-58

Current location (optional) Cottingham, East Yorkshire

Yes, Doug, the photograph is posted on the "Old Keighley" site, where I posted it in 2010. The reference to 'Fultons' on the description is no longer relevant - they've moved to larger premises! David

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1945-50

Current location (optional) Keighley