Landlord Peter Dunkin has won the Bradford CAMRA pub of the year title for a record fourth time.

Peter, 59, plans to celebrate tonight as he serves behind the polished brass bar of the Corn Dolly in Bolton Road near the city centre, where he has worked for 12 years.

He took over the Dolly with his wife Kay, also 59, after running two pubs in North Yorkshire.

The business is a real family affair as the couple's son Neil, 38, and daughter-in-law Kay, 35, who will take over the running of the pub in June, also work there full-time.

But Neil will have some reputation to live up to after the 300-strong members of the Bradford branch of the Campaign for Real Ale voted it the best in the district for a record fourth time.

The Dolly won the title in 1993 and 1994 and the 2001 title makes it the second time Peter has won back-to-back following his success last year.

Speaking from the main bar, which is decorated with pump clips from some of the 2,000 guest ales the pub has put on over the years, Mick Farrar, the chairman of the Bradford branch of the CAMRA, said it was the wide selection and quality of real ales which made the Corn Dolly such a favourite.

He said: "We have had other pubs with back-to-back wins but this is the first time a pub has done it twice so I suppose it is a record, certainly in the last ten years."

Peter, who is originally from Hull, said every week the pub put on ten to 15 guest beers alongside its regular eight traditional beers.

He said: "The award is to be appreciated. I just try to be consistent. It's no good putting on a guest beer one week and it's no good the next.

"It's just a good reputation which has built up over the years and we try to offer a terrific choice of real ales. I'll be putting on a buffet and all the beers on special offer tonight as a thank-you to the customers."

And how will Peter be celebrating his record win, with a bottle of bubbly, maybe?

He said: "I'm not a champagne man. If I get a chance I'll have a quick half hour in front of the bar tonight if there's time, but really I'll be working as normal."