In the seething heat of the Australian Outback, the last thing you would want to do is wash your smalls.

But for a Keighley woman who is on her travels Down Under, a washing mangle made in her home town was a welcome sight.

Clare Campbell emigrated to Australia in the 1960s, and after husband Allan fell ill last year has been travelling the country ever since.

And on a recent trip, the couple came across the extraordinary mangle with a "Made in Keighley" stamp in the middle of the dusty outback.

Hidden in the Stockman's Hall of Fame and museum in the town of Longreach, near Cooktown, the green and red mangle is a sure sign that Keighley has left its mark on the world.

Opened by the Queen and Prince Phillip in 1987, the museum is home to a whole host of weird and wonderful memorabilia.

Mrs Campbell, 68, spotted the mangle, which is dated sometime in the early 1900s, and sent a picture back home to dad Edward Fisher, who lives in Hardwick Street, Keighley.

Astonishingly, Mr Fisher had his picture taken alongside a similar washing mangle with a Keighley stamp while on holiday in Perth some 20 years ago.

This time the maker was clearly marked as Somerscales, of Keighley.

Mrs Campbell's sister, Marguerita Holmes, 61, said: "Clare left Keighley in the 60s and met husband Allan out there. "Allan had a heart transplant last year and they both decided to go touring in the Outback.

"We keep getting cards from all the different places they visit, and it's funny that another member of the family has found a Keighley mangle."