Trees now partly obscure this view of Ingrow St John's -- more properly the Church of St John the Evangelist -- as seen on a postcard dated 1904 (whose sender bemoans a whole week of wet weather in Keighley).

Described as in the Norman style and accommodating 764 sittings, this church was consecrated in 1843 to serve a newly-formed parish of Ingrow- cum-Hainworth.

Its situation near a then boundary meant that 1,676 of its potential parishioners resided in Keighley and 2,344 in Bingley. It was used by more Keighley worshippers between 1846 and 1848 during the rebuilding of Keighley Parish Church.

A restoration in 1888 included a wealth of stencilled decoration, with the Commandments, the Creed and the Lord's Prayer inscribed on an arcade in bold letters, "easy to read and pleasing to look upon".

In 1957, retired baker Eddie Cockshott celebrated his silver wedding by making a model of Ingrow St John's -- where he had been married -- in icing sugar and egg white. Twenty years later, still said to be in perfect condition, this occupied a prominent place in his home!

The photograph was supplied by Mrs M Carter, of Fell Lane, Keighley.