A historic printing press that may be the only one of its kind still in circulation has been delighting residents in Addingham.

Printer and print historian Brian Aldred, of Moor Park Drive, was given the metal Victorian parlour press as a gift while he was working for Sheffield University.

Now the 72-year-old has restored the machine, which would have been used for printing items such as calling and gift cards, to full working order and it is causing a stir among the printing world.

He said: “No one can find another one and it’s causing quite a bit of interest. There are one or two wooden ones but they think this might be the only metal one.

“I’ve taken it to quite a few places now to let people – kids and adults – have a go using it. I have a tray of blocks I take around with me and they pick the ones they want – there’s ones with views of Bolton Abbey and Pateley Bridge, bikes, dragons, and all sorts – then I do the inking up and let them print them out.

“The look on their faces is better than any medicine.”