Peter Riley, a well-known former member of Keighley’s theatre world, has died, aged 93.

He ran Burns Theatre Club for 30 years, organising coach trips to theatres for Keighley people. He also ran Burns Music Shop, in East Parade, for several years and was a long-time member of Keighley Amateurs.

Mr Riley was born in 1916 above a tailors shop owned by his father in Cavendish Street.

He was an active member of the Liberal Party and was deputy mayor in the 1960s and he also ran a youth club.

He was a special constable during the early years of the Second World War before joining the RAF.

Tony Day, Mr Riley’s son-in-law, said he worked on secret radio equipment “somewhere” in South Wales.

Mr Day said: “He never revealed his work. As far as he was concerned the Official Secrets Act still applied to him over 60 years after the war finished.”

Mr Day said his father-in-law was well-known and liked by the managers of many theatres in the North of England.

He donated the royalties from his book about the City Varieties to the theatre, which was the famous home of the Good Old Days music hall.

Mr Riley is survived by his wife, Freda, who ran Burns Theatre Club with him, and daughter Julie.