Crowds flocked to Reid's bookshop in Keighley on Saturday to obtain signed copies of 'Goldfinder', the autobiography of the town's famous underwater treasure hunter Keith Jessop.

Another 40 people had ordered advance copies of the book which he signed during the session.

Reid's owner Gerald Brooksbank says the event was the most popular ever held at the Cavendish Street store. "I have never seen anything like it," he says. "We sold 130 copies."

People who knew Mr Jessop when he lived in Keighley turned up to exchange banter with him and a glass of wine or orange juice. They then took home his book, which reveals details of a life which made him the world's most successful treasure seeker. He became a millionaire in 1981.

The Keighley News has five signed copies of 'Goldfinder' available to the person with the best story about the greatest treasure in their life. Send your entry to the Keighley News 'Goldfinder' Competition, 80-86 North Street, Keighley BD21 3AG by 5pm on Tuesday, June 9, explaining why the person, item or whatever you choose is of value to you. The usual KN rules apply and the editor's decision is final.

The latest works of Oxenhope author David Samuels are proving a hit - in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, and Green River, Wyoming.

Around 280 copies of his book 'Everlasting' have been sold in the past three weeks, many of them in the two areas featured in the publication.

Tomorrow Mr Samuels will be at Reid's bookshop from noon-1pm, signing copies.

'Everlasting' comprises three stories based on scientific studies of psychology, para-psychology and dreams of past, present and future life. It starts in 1748 in Kirkcudbright with the fictitious lives of two people, then moves 20 years on to the American West, before being brought up to date.

Mr Samuels spent two years researching and writing the book, whose production was financed with sponsorship from local people. Proceeds from the book - which sells at £6.99 - will go to multiple sclerosis. Mr Samuels' son Andrew, 35, suffers from the condition.

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