A pub landlord is hoping a unique set of photographs depicting life in the trenches can be used to bring the history of World War One into sharper focus.

Stuart Wesley, who took over the Dalesway pub at Cross Hills at the beginning of November, wants to find a suitable home for 650 pictures depicting all facets of the great conflict.

And both he and wife Sandra hope a museum will come forward and display the unusual collection of photographs.

Stuart, 45, says: "They are really interesting photographs and there are just so many that we can't really put them up in the pub.

"I wouldn't have thought there would be that many photographs of this type and in this kind of condition knocking around.

"Rather than have them all hidden away in a box we thought maybe there might be someone interested in doing an exhibition with them."

Sandra, 43, says the collection belonged to her former husband Ian Laker who inherited them from his grandfather who served in the armed forces.

"We've often thought of going through them all but we've never really had the time," she says.

The photographs, which have two identical images side by side, would have slotted into a piece of equipment called a stereoviewer.

This would have combined the two images to provide a three dimensional effect.

Graphic shots in the collection showing soldiers lying dead in the trenches are included alongside those of biplanes and Zeppelin airships and large artillery explosions.

Members of the British royal family in military regalia are also captured in the collection. Any museum that is interested in displaying the photographs can contact Stuart and Sandra on 01535 630693.