The man affectionately known as Mr Saltaire' has been laid to rest at the Shipley Glen Tramway.

As a trustee of the 113-year-old tramway, Clive Woods devoted his final years to running it and was one of the driving forces in keeping it going when it was threatened with closure.

He was an active volunteer on the Victorian attraction - the oldest working cable tramway in Britain - until his death from illness last November.

So his family and friends decided the historic site was a fitting resting place for him.

Old friends and relatives arrived from as far as Surrey and Manchester to scatter Mr Woods's ashes at a little garden area next to the tramway.

"It was what he would have wanted, he really loved this place and it was a big part of his life," said his nephew John Woods.

"He was primarily responsible for Saltaire becoming a World Heritage Site and did so much for the village. He was passionate about it. It was the architecture, history and character that really appealed to him.

"This is where he'd want to end up, it's where he gave so much of his time. Let's hope his legacy carries on so this historic site can be preserved for future generations."

The party of family and friends, who revealed plans to install a plaque in Mr Woods's memory in the garden, included Mr Woods's niece Jacqui, his great nephew, two-year-old Jack Woods, and his old college friend, Larry Anderson.

They rode in the tramway from the bottom platform to the pretty daffodil-covered garden, where John scattered his uncle's ashes.

Shipley Glen Tramway trustees chairman Richard Freeman revealed that Mr Woods's family had donated £500 to the tramway, collected at his funeral.

"Clive was a kind, intelligent, caring man," said Mr Freeman.

"He loved this tramway and it's down to people like him that it is still going.

"Saltaire owes him a great debt. He is very much missed here."

Mr Woods, 61, who was chairman of Saltaire Village Society, came up with the idea, in the early 1990s, of applying for World Heritage status.

His dream was realised in 2001, when the United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation gave the village the thumbs-up, following a campaign backed by Saltaire Village Society, traders, the then Shipley MP Chris Leslie and Bradford Council.

The decision was hailed the most important for Saltaire since 19th century industrialist Sir Titus Salt had his model mill village built more than 150 years earlier.

A former teacher, Mr Woods was a keen local historian and ran a secondhand bookshop in Saltaire.

Originally from Lancaster, he became a champion of Saltaire when he moved to the area. He was a main force behind the renovation of Saltaire's Victoria Hall and, after taking legal studies, became a lawyer' for the village.