Bernard Stubbs, a former chairman of Baildon Civic Society, has died.

Described by fellow society members as a "true Baildoner," Mr Stubbs helped the late Arthur Saul - Bradford Council's first conservation officer - draw up plans which led to the designation of the two conservation areas in the village.

He was also responsible for getting a memorial returned to the centre of the village.

Mr Saul believed the central conservation area needed a focal point and Mr Stubbs set about searching for the lost Ferrand's Memorial - made of pink coloured granite - to provide it.

Following an exhaustive search, Mr Stubbs tracked down the memorial, which was donated to the people of Baildon in 1862 by Richard Amphlet and his wife Frances in memory of her mother Frances, the widow of Edward Ferrand. It had been taken down from Towngate, where it was originally, to allow for road widening.

Having located the lost memorial, he then helped persuade the trustees of the Baildon Mechanics Institute charity to put it up again in the centre of Baildon in October 1986.

During his years as chairman of Baildon Civic Society in the early 1980s, Mr Stubbs also led a successful campaign to persuade the Council not to close or re-locate Bracken Hall Countryside Centre.

Civic Society secretary Geoff Barker said: "Bernard Stubbs can only be described as a true Baildoner. The village has much to thank Bernard for."

Mr Stubbs, who was in his 50s and was a self-employed electrician, leaves a wife, Anne, and a daughter Andrea.

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