1980
Library news: Oakworth Library in Holden Hall is replaced by a mobile service.
Local news: Last Keighley Gala takes place; William Hartley Mill closes in Sutton-in-Craven; River Aire bursts its banks at Stockbridge.
National news: Iranian Embassy Siege; Radio Caroline-pirate radio sinks; Sinclair ZX80 computer; ‘Eight out of ten cats’, Whiskers advert.
International news: John Lennon is murdered.
1981
Library news: not available
Local news: 33 workers at Silentnight are made redundant; Lacrinoid Products Ltd, a Keighley plastics firm, closes down.
National news: Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer.
International news: Bob Marley dies; France legally abolishes the guillotine.
1982
Library news: not available
Local news: not available
National news: Channel 4 begins.
International news: not available
1983
Library news: not available
Local news: not available
National news: £1 coins.
International news: not available
1984
Library news: Keighley Reference Library converts to an open access system.
Local news: not available
National news: not available
International news: Indira Ghandi is assassinated; Apple Macintosh is established.
1985
Library news: John Triffit is appointed Librarian of Keighley and Bingley.
Local news: John E. Fearnside of Oakworth, the last shuttle manufacturer in Yorkshire, closes; Valley Parade fire.
National news: Live Aid; Eastenders begins.
International news: not available
1986
Library news: not available
Local news: Brontë Cinema, Haworth closes down; Concorde – first visit to Leeds/Bradford airport.
National news: British Gas is privatised; Independent Newspaper is launched.
International news: Chernobyl nuclear disaster; Cabbage Patch Kids; Prozac
1987
Library news: not available
Local news: River Aire is diverted at Kildwick to make way for new road; Site of Eastwood Mills is cleared to make way for the second phase of the Airedale Trunk road; Keighley Rugby League Club is saved by an unnamed company; Comet and Sainsbury’s are gutted by fire; Airedale Centre is officially opened by Mollie Sugden.
National news: Hungerford shooting; Golliwogs are removed from Noddy books; Ikea opens in the UK
International news: ‘Wall Street Crash’; Windows 2.0
1988
Library news: Judi Unwin is appointed Librarian of Keighley and Bingley.
Local news: not available
National news: All day opening for pubs, except Sunday; Nelson Mandela concert, Wembley.
International news: not available
1989
Library news: Revolutionary Kurzweil Personal Reader Machine for the blind is
presented to Keighley Library.
Local news: Victoria Park leisure complex opens.
National news: Hillsborough Disaster.
International news: Berlin Wall comes down; Salvador Dalí dies; San Francisco earthquake; Sky Television is screened.
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