A Keighley shop assistant thought he had quacked up when a young family of ducks decided to nest in his shop.

Joe Henry, 19, who works at The Old Curiosity Shop in Church Street, could not believe his eyes when a mother duck and her young family waddled through the door. "They just came on in and were walking around the shop for about an hour," he says.

Joe decided to herd them in the direction of a nearby pond at closing time.

As to why they chose that particular shop, Joe can only think of one reason. "It is a curiosity shop," he says.

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