Grandmother Doreen Stansfield continues to be an inspiration to her family.

Come hail or snow, wind or rain, the 69-year-old dons her yellow coat, thermal gloves and peaked cap and sets out from her Haworth home to control traffic outside the village primary school.

She has been the village lollipop lady for 11 years.

And she is steadily building up a family dynasty in the job.

For her 19-year-old granddaughter Fiona now joins her, working outside Haworth railway station.

She took over the reins from her dad David, 44, Doreen's son and a security officer, who worked alongside his mum for about four years before getting full time work.

The only Stansfield not to succumb to the temptation is grandfather Harry, 71.

But even he can't escape when talk over the dinner table turns to the job.

"Gran can't stop talking about it and tells us all about the children, and grandad has to listen to the stories," said Miss Stansfield.

Mrs Stansfield was encouraged to take on the job as therapy after losing her nephew in a driving accident.

"I was deeply upset and didn't want to go out of the house, and it was a policeman who encouraged me and found me this work," she said.

"And I've loved it ever since, even though I had one nasty incident when I ended up on the bonnet of a car.

"Mostly people are very good, and I believe this younger generation of drivers are much more road educated.

"But what I really like is seeing the children and getting to know them. I've seen children across here who have grown up and had their own youngsters," she said.

Miss Stansfield, who lives with her dad, gran and grandfather in Baden Street, was a pupil at the school when it was Hartington Middle School.

"I saw how much my gran liked the job and I love children so I decided I would take it on," she said.

And being Haworth - one of the country's tourist hotspots - the job does have its glamourous side.

They have escorted the likes of actor Simon Gregson, who plays Steve McDonald in Coronation Street, and his family, cast members from Emmerdale and met other screen stars including actor Robbie Coltrane.

And when Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie visited Haworth at the height of the foot and mouth crisis, David was recruited to escort the Prime Minister's limousine into a special parking area near Haworth railway station.+