In 1943 the 1st Haworth Guide Company, inspired by an appeal in "The Guide" magazine, raised the wherewithal for a hundred sycamore trees which they handed over to Keighley Corporation.

This was the ceremony that March at the Sladen Valley Reservoir, where the trees were planted at "one end of a green belt visualised to cover the bank".

Enterprising Keighley photographer William Speight gathered everybody into this group. He could sell copies to those present, and as a freelance press photographer he possibly supplied one to the Keighley News, though owing to wartime restrictions it was not used.

Included are the Rev J C Hirst, Rector of Haworth; Alderman T Duerden and Alderman J Denby, chairman and vice-chairman of the Keighley Waterworks Committee; Miss E Thorne, Guide Captain of the 1st Haworth Company; and Guides, Scouts and representatives of various Haworth organisations.

"It is a happy gesture to plant trees," said Alderman Duerden, "for they are the symbol of young life" - a reassuring comment at the time, in the wake of some controversial tree-felling at Steeton to support "the country's need for timber."

The photograph was supplied by Mr Keith Sunderland, of Exley Avenue, Keighley.