1914
Library news: not available
Local news: not available
National news: 'Pygmalion' by George Bernard Shaw published; Irish Home Rule Bill.
International news: World War 1 started; Panama Canal opened.
1915
Library news: 1915-16: £27-11s-6d was taken in fines, and
£82-14s-1 and a half pence was spent on books.
Local news: National Shell Factory opened, fully equipped, mainly female workforce; Arrival of first wounded at Spencer Street Sunday School (auxiliary military hospital); Mechanical and Engineering wing of Technical Institute opened; First postwoman in Keighley.
National news: First Women's Institute opened; SS Lusitania sunk by German submarines (August 1st).
International news: Albert Einstein proposes 'Theory of Relativity'.
1916
Library news: 1916-17:
Chairman of the Library was Mayor Frederick Butterfield, M.A.,J.P; The Reading
Rooms took 157 newspapers and magazines.
Local news: The first Keighley conscription 'round-up' took place at the Cosy Corner Picture House; First women bus drivers and conductresses in Keighley.
National news: Conscription introduced.
International news: Battle of the Somme, July 1st; Rasputin murdered, December 30th; 6th Olympic Games (Berlin) cancelled.
1917
Library news: not available
Local news: Keighley's Food Control Committee achieves national headlines for efforts.
National news: Royal Family adopted the name of Windsor (July 17th).
International news: Clarence Birdseye developed 'freezing'; First Pulitzer Prize; Theodore Roosevelt elected US President; Buffalo Bill (William Cody) dies.
1918
Library news: Opening hours:
Lending Library - Mon-Fri 10am-8pm; Sat 10am-9pm; Reference Library -
Mon-Sat 9am-8pm; Reading Room - Also opened 3-4.30pm and 5.30-9pm on Sundays
Local news: March - Scouting biplane displayed in Town Hall square for Keighley's submarine week campaign; May - Royal Visit of George V and Queen Mary; Epidemic of 'flu claims lives.
National news: Women get the vote.
International news: End of World War One; First three-colour traffic lights (New York); Jelly babies came onto the market.
1919
Library news: not available
Local news: Celebrations for the end of the war (July 19th).
National news: Yorkshire miners' strike ended (Aug.12th); Leeds United FC formed; First two minutes silence held (Nov. 11th).
International news: First helicopter flight; First transatlantic flight; Auguste Renoir died aged 78 (Dec.12th).
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