Most teenage girls are into pop music, clothes and make-up. And while 14-year-old Kayley Frearson admits to being a fan of boy band Westlife, she's got something a little more powerful on her mind.

For Kayley, of Stanbury, near Keighley, is the youngest female associated member of the newly-formed Aire Valley Vintage Machinery Club.

While her contemporaries are busy testing the latest software on their computers, there's nothing Kayley enjoys better than rolling up her sleeves and getting stuck in to repairing and restoring the odd vintage engine or two - with a little help from dad Stephen.

Kayley's been enjoying her hobby for seven months now, after being introduced to the pastime by Mr Frearson, who helped found the Aire Valley Vintage Machinery Club in November last year.

Mr Frearson said: "It's all about the preservation of vintage machinery, which mainly means stationary engines used in agriculture or industry to power things like tractors, clipping machines or generators.

"The aim of setting up the club was to raise awareness of the existence of such machinery and to preserve and archive them so younger people can see how they used to run.

"These days it's all computers and technology, but it's important that people know how electricity is produced when they switch on a light, for example."

Mr Frearson first got interested in machinery 15 years ago when he was introduced to the hobby by a friend.

Since then he has travelled to rallies up and down the country and now owns 20 different engines, including a 1915 Austinlite, used by field officers as a lighting plant so they could read maps during the Battle of the Somme in the First World War.

Now he has passed his enthusiasm down to his daughter, who caught the restoration bug after travelling round rallies with him.

"At one of the rallies I bought myself a small engine and since then I've taken it apart, cleaned it and painted it," said Kayley.

"I always thought it would be really boring, but it's actually quite good to see where things go and how everything works. It's not something I talk to my friends about, but I do feel quite a sense of achievement, restoring the engines. People always think it's something that only boys can do, but girls can do it equally well."

Mr Frearson's brother-in-law, 14-year-old John Flemming, has also become a member of the club.

"It's the enjoyment you get from seeing things you wouldn't normally get to see, which is a good thing," said John.

"With computers and technology, things like this normally get shoved to the side."

There are now 20 members of the Aire Valley Vintage Machinery Club. Meetings are held on the second Monday of every month at the Friendly Inn, Stanbury.

Anyone wanting more information should contact Mr Frearson on 01535 648007.

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