ORGANISERS of the second ever Haworth Steampunk Weekend said they were delighted by the response to their efforts.

Last weekend's occasion was staged to raise money for Sue Ryder Manorlands. Although the fundraising cash is still being collected, organisers are confident the final sum will beat last year's sum of £2,400.

The event, which celebrated the popular science fiction steampunk genre, began with a burlesque show in the village last Friday. Steampunk imagines an alternative, fantasy future in which steam-powered machinery and modified 19th century fashions mingle with a variety of other anachronistic technologies and cultures.

Haworth Main Street trader Nikki Carroll, of the steampunk weekend organising committee, said the burlesque show kicking off the event was sold out weeks in advance.

"It was a brilliant weekend," she added. "So many people came dressed up, not just the steampunk group members but local people as well.

"Some members of the community had three or four different outfits, they really got into the spirit of the occasion."

*For full report and more photos from the occasion, see this coming Thursday's edition of the Keighley News