Patrick Brontë, father of the literary sisters, became a member in 1833, and his daughters attended a lecture there by his curate William Weighton in 1840.
[4] A report in The Builder in 1871 describes Keighley Trade School, and declares that it "inaugurates a new era in the educational history of the neighbourhood", with activities including science lectures and art classes.
[7] A new building for Keighley Technical College was built in 1955–1956, described by Pevsner as "By Hubert Bennett, the then County Architect.
[2] In 2010, the college opened a new £30 million campus, near Keighley railway station, moving away from the former site on Cavendish Street, which was in need of repair and has since been demolished.
This features a mock mission control centre, a planetarium, a simulated rocky planet surface and many other space-related items.