Percy Vear Pub

Percy Vear Pub A very warm welcome to The Percy Vear’s Real Ale House, Keighley. Percy Vear (12 July 1911 - 16 March 1983), born Herman Vear in Crossflatts, Bingley, England.

The Percy Vears was purchased from Timothy Taylor in 2012, after being owned by them for over 100 years. He was a British professional Boxer during the 1920s and 1930s. Brought up in Crossflatts during the First World War, Vear lived in Keighley all his adult life. Boxers are among the most colourful athletes in all sports, with names like “Hitman”, “Bomber” and “Gentleman Jim”, so it should come

as no surprise that Vear was known as “Percy Vear”. It is not known how or who gave Vear his fight name, bit in this case it seems likely that “Percy Vear” is a play on the word to “Persevere”. Boxing Career
Vear was one of the most colourful characters in Keighley’s professional boxing scene in the 1920s and 1930s. Vear was only of three fighters under the management of Keighley Boxing Promoter, Sam Scaife, during those boxing boom years, who also managed locally based fighters Freddie Irving and Johnny Barrett. Perhaps overshadowed by the other two locally, Vear proved to be a bill topper in his own right in many boxing halls up and down the country. Boxing first as a Flyweight, then Bantamweight and later as a Featherweight, the demand of the boxing boom proved so hectic that going on for 30 fights in a year were common (more than a lot of Boxers today have in a lifetime). Vear had 131 bouts (many as a substitute) during his professional career, spanning from February 1929 to November 1934. Following his boxing career, Vear was involved with his local association football club, Keighley Town.

LEEDS UNITED Tonight at Percy’s 8pm kick off 🤍💙💛
22/04/2026

LEEDS UNITED
Tonight at Percy’s 8pm kick off
🤍💙💛

18/04/2026
Cheltenham festive live this wk starting 10th to the 13th free food onThe Friday for the last day of the festival come a...
09/03/2026

Cheltenham festive live this wk starting 10th to the 13th free food on
The Friday for the last day of the festival come along and have a little bet on the horses 🐎

28/02/2026

Come down and join us this Sat 🤗🤗

TONIGHT from 8pm come along and join in the fun 🎤🎼🎸
27/02/2026

TONIGHT from 8pm come along and join in the fun 🎤🎼🎸

LIVE FOOTBALLHere LEEDS V FOREST7.30
06/02/2026

LIVE FOOTBALL
Here LEEDS V FOREST
7.30

Address

1 Aireworth Street
Keighley
BD211NS

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 11pm
Tuesday 11am - 11pm
Wednesday 11am - 11pm
Thursday 11am - 11pm
Friday 11am - 12am
Saturday 11am - 12am
Sunday 12pm - 10:30am

Telephone

+447595171168

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