Welcome to our website
QUEENSBURY is a very special place, and that is a fact which few can dispute.
Think of Queensbury and three things immediately spring to mind.
The altitude followed by the weather, with the Black Dyke band perhaps its most enduring gift to the wider world.
Queensbury has much more to offer than those three elements of its makeup.
True that at 1100 feet above sea level, we can boast the highest high school in England, and add, with a hint of sarcasm that we 'look down' on most other towns and villages.
It is recorded that the parish church possesses the highest peal of bells in the British Isles.
The views from parts of Queensbury are outstanding and it is possible to see several counties from various points around the locality.
The mountains of Ingleborough and Great Whernside can often be clearly seen and at times the White Horse of Kilburn, about forty five miles to the North east can be seen with the naked eye.
True we can be lost in swirling cloud whilst central Bradford is basking in hot sunlight, and there is no doubt that the snow line tends to be encountered near Horton Bank Top when climbing out of the city.
On a May day in the early 1980's Queensbury Cricket Clubs First team was playing against Eccleshill at Granby Fields, but the game was abandoned due to a blizzard!
The exposure rating for the area by the Institute of Heating and Ventilation Engineers is classed as 'severe'.
There can be no disputing the ability and longevity of the homespun brass band which dates back to the 1860's.
The band was formed in 1816 at the Old Dolphin, originally known as the 'Queenshead Band' and has since become known as one of the leading brass bands in the world.
The final verse of a dialect poem entitled Ahr Village perhaps best sums up Queensbury.
Sooa dooan't let me hear em running place dahn;
It's fifty times better ner livin'i'tahn.
If only yer know when your reight-well it's grand
Its t'best little village i'all this land.
By E O'Connell
Welcome To Queensbury
This is your website and is designed for Queensbury based clubs, organisations, churches, groups etc to publicise themselves, give contact details, and highlight forthcoming events.
The site will grow as more groups come on board.
Please feel free to contact the webmaster with information and/or questions relating to this valuable local resource.
What they say about us!
Since we launched this website in June 2005, some people have been more than kind to us. Here is just a selection of the things they have said.
Queensbury Newsletter No. 2 - Spring 2007
Memory for the workers of Black Dyke Mill
Ernest The Black Dyke Gateman
Ther's a man at works at Black Dyke
He's summat on 'is plate
He's a job 'ats very special
He's chap as oppens gates
The Interactive Map Of Queensbury
Provided by Google Maps.
324,618 hits from 183,955 visitors since June, 2005 launch.