Alan Park, the "keeper of the slosh", has died at the age of 75 after a lifetime working backstage for Keighley Amateurs.

His many duties with the theatrical group including making the "slosh" for the popular annual pantomime.

Mr Park, for many years the Amateurs' props master, had his own secret recipe for making the foam used in the pantos' slapstick comedy routines.

Mr Park began performing on stage as a child, and as a teenager began a long association with Keighley Amateurs panto kings Keith Marsden and Geoffrey Rundle.

He also performed with Keighley Playhouse and Sutton Amateurs, and last year received a 60-year service award from the National Operatic and Dramatic Association.

Mr Park lived in Bingley with his wife Sheila, and had five children Graeme, Gill, Debbie, Iain and Glenn, and seven grandchildren.

He spent most of his working life in the textile industry, including time at Keighley firm Prince Smith.

Mr Park suffered a heart attack six years ago but remained active both in amateur theatre and at work. He died from a heart attack.

Some of his daughter Debbie's memories are watching her father working backstage when Keighley Amateurs performed at the former Ritz building, in Alice Street.

"He also became part of Keighley Playhouse. He used to specialise in playing the part of a butler," she said.

"He played mainly bit parts, nothing massive, that wasn't his scene. He kept the recipe of the slosh secret, even from his family."