Mechanics Institute - Old Library Bingley Forgotten Moments also mentioned on our Bingley History Timeline In this article local historian Alan Cattell identifies and explores the many uses of what must surely be one of the oldest buildings on Bingley Main Street. Further Education and a girls’ school In 1864 a Mechanics’ Institute was erected in Main Street, Bingley, … [Read more...]
The Mystery of the Locomotive in Bingley Bog
For years there have been rumours that a steam locomotive and three open goods wagons disappeared into Bingley Bog during the construction of the Bingley to Keighley line in the 1840’s and that it is still buried where it sank. The train and its trucks were said to have been swallowed up by the bog somewhere in the area once occupied by Bingley Auction Market. Local … [Read more...]
Bingley’s Lost Cinemas – History of Bingley
What Happened To Them? An article about the history of Bingley, by Alan Cattell Read the timeline of the History of Bingley and it's lost cinemas. The first regular cinema recorded in Bingley was in a building behind the market in Main Street and later (circa 1907) came shows in the Victoria Hall and in the Co-operative Assembly Rooms. Between 1911 and 1922 Picture … [Read more...]