1990
Library news: not available
Local news: not available
National news: John Major is elected Prime Minister; Poll Tax is implemented.
International news: Gulf War; Boris Yeltsin becomes President of the Russian Republic.
1991
Library news: not available
Local news: not available
National news: Freddie Mercury dies.
International news: not available
1992
Library news: not available
Local news: not available
National news: Betty Boothroyd becomes the first lady Speaker in the Commons; Windsor Castle fire.
International news: Los Angeles riots; Mike Tyson is jailed for 6 years.
1993
Library news: not available
Local news: not available
National news: Queen pays income tax for the first time; GMTV – television programme begins.
International news: Bill Clinton is elected President of USA; Israel and Palestine sign peace agreement; Jurassic Park film.
1994
Library news: not available
Local news: Peter Black’s factory to close.
National news: Channel Tunnel opens.
International news: not available
1995
Library news: not available
Local news: John Smith crane factory closes; Keighley achieves success in Single Regeneration Budget bid.
National news: Dunblane Massacre.
International news: Nelson Mandela is elected President of South Africa.
1996
Library news: not available
Local news: Picture House re-opens in Keighley, one of the last remaining purpose built cinemas constructed before World War I.
National news: not available
International news: not available
1997
Library news: Bid for lottery money to restore the country’s first and
finest Carnegie library, Keighley Public Library, is made and fails.
Local news: not available
National news: Tony Blair is elected Prime Minister; Princess Diana is killed in a car crash in Paris; First Harry Potter book.
International news: Hong Kong is taken over by China.
1998
Library news: Books for Babies
project is launched at Keighley Library to encourage an early love of reading.
Local news: not available
National news: Omagh bombing; Peace plan for Ireland.
International news: Titanic film.
1999
Library news: Keighley Library prepares to go ‘online’ to meet the
needs of its 8000+ visitors per week. Free Internet access for all.
Local news: not available
National news: not available
International news: not available
2000
Library news: The Lord Mayor, Stanley King, visits; Keighley Library facelift
is to include the removal of the mezzanine floor in the Lending library;
The Keighley & District Photographic Association
in conjunction with library staff organised the Millennium Photographic Exhibition,
which was displayed at Cliffe Castle, Keighley Arts Factory and the Library.
Local news: Worst floods for more than 50 years hit the area.
National news: Millennium celebrations; London Wheel opens.
International news: 'Millennium Bug’.
2001
Library news: Roads to Keighley exhibition and events.
Local news: Tony Blair visits Haworth in a battle to convince the world that Britain’s tourist trade is still open for business despite the Foot and Mouth epidemic; First Mayor of Silsden is elected.
National news: Foot and Mouth epidemic; Selby rail crash.
International news: World Trade Centre is destroyed.
2002
Library news: not available
Local news: Bargain Hunt’s
David Dickinson comes to
Keighley’s Airedale Shopping Centre; Prince Charles visits Cottingley.
National news: Queen Mother dies; Princess Margaret dies.
International news: not available
2003
Library news: Children's Library is refurbished and renamed 'Castle Read-A-Lot'.
Local news: Bingley Bypass opens; Pete Waterman comes to Haworth; Calendar Girls film.
National news: England win RU World Cup.
International news: Iraq war; Columbia Space Shuttle explodes.
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