A clothes shop which has passed through four generations of the same family has been sold - after 134 years.

The great grandson of the founder of Henry Smith and Sons - one of the oldest traders in Shipley - has handed over the keys to a new owner.

Roger Smith, who ran the business with his partner Ernest Newall, is the last in the line of Smiths to own the Briggate business since it first started trading in 1870.

He said: "Henry Smiths has been an institution in Shipley for 134 years. The best part of my life has been spent here and I am quite sad to leave the business."

He said that he had sold the business because he wanted to do other things, and Mr Newall wanted to retire.

Mr Smith, who joined the business in 1978 at the age of 26, said that he was happy that Mr Firth, who owns two businesses in Keighley, one selling school uniform and the other selling workwear, had bought the business.

The business, which once served spats and wing collars to the gentlemen of the town, and now sells jeans and shirts alongside its formal suits, has changed and expanded through the generations and remains the chief school uniform supplier in the area.

The shop hit the headlines when Full Monty star Steve Huison came to buy his suit to wear for the Oscars. He needed a suit fitted within the hour, and the company obliged - without realising they would see it on the red carpet the next day.

Cottingley businessman Mr Firth said he would retain the name, as well as the ethos of the business.

He said: "It is such a well established company and I am very proud to take it over. My business has been in the same family for 40 years - not as long as the Smiths - but still a long time. The family values are just the same really."

Mr Firth said he intended to develop the school uniform side of the business, introduce workwear to the business and expand the fashion selection alongside the men's formal wear.