PARISH councillors who stepped in to keep public loos in Haworth open after Bradford Council funding for the facilities ceased were updated on the toilets at their latest meeting.

Councillor David Mahon, the new chairman of Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council, said the toilet block in the Bronte Parsonage Car Park had been extremely busy during the latest Haworth 1940s Weekend.

He said people had been donating money into an honesty box at these loos, to help the parish council pay for the upkeep.

"There were probably three times as many people using the car park toilets as there were using the loos in Haworth Park," he said. "People were queueing all the way out of the block during the 40s Weekend."

He added it was hoped that Bradford Council would be returning in September to carry out repairs to the park toilets, noting these loos would likely have to close for three to four weeks while the work is carried out.

He reminded councillors that the Bronte Parsonage Museum still intends to develop its own toilets for museum visitors.