1962. Lifting the first sod at Holy Family. Priest on front row, without biretta is Canon Francis Holdright, one of (if not the prime) the driving forces to establish a Catholic secondary school in Keighley. Fr Creed to right. Crucifer Frank Sheridan. Mayor and Mayoress are likely to be Mr & Mrs Gallagher. Supplied later: Bitterly cold winter, the ground was frozen solid and the Mayor did little but scratch the surface. I was a small child, behind lots of adults and could se what was going on, so insisted on inspecting this (legendary) first sod before leaving. A big disappointment!
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