Whatever the weather, grandmother Doreen Stansfield can be seen out in Haworth in her yellow coat, thermal gloves and peaked cap.

Come hail or snow, wind or rain, the 69-year-old sets out from her home to control traffic outside the village primary school.

Doreen has been Haworth's lollipop lady for 11 years and she is steadily building up a family dynasty in the job.

Her 19-year-old grand-daughter Fiona now joins her, working outside Haworth railway station.

And Fiona took over the reins from her dad, David, 44, - Doreen's son. A security officer, David worked alongside his mum for about four years before getting fulltime work.

The only Stansfield not to succumb to temptation is grandfather Harry, 71. But even he can't escape when the talk turns to the job over the dinner table.

"Gran can't stop talking about it and tells us all about the children. Granddad has to listen to the stories," said Fiona.

Doreen, pictured with David and Fiona, was encouraged to take on the job as a form of therapy after her nephew died in a driving accident.

"I was deeply upset and didn't want to go out of the house. It was a policeman who encouraged me and found me this work," she said.

"I've loved it ever since, even though I had one nasty incident when I ended up on the bonnet of a car.

"Mostly people are very good and I believe this younger generation of drivers are much more road educated.

"But what I really like is seeing the children and getting to know them. I've seen children across the road who have grown up and had their own youngsters."

Fiona, who lives with her dad, gran and grandfather in Baden Street, was a pupil at the primary school when it was Hartington Middle School.

"I saw how much my gran liked the job and I love children so I decided I would take it on," she said.

Working in Haworth - one of the country's tourist hotspots - means the job does have its glamorous side.

Doreen, Fiona and David have escorted the likes of actor Simon Gregson, who plays Steve McDonald in Coronation Street, and his family, and cast members from Emmerdale, and met other screen stars, including actor Robbie Coltrane.

And when Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie visited Haworth at the height of the foot and mouth crisis, David was recruited to escort the Prime Minister's limosine into a special parking area near Haworth railway station.