Astrid has been heavily involved with the Church for many years – name a church committee and I have been on it! – and was also the volunteer archivist at Bradford Cathedral.

“I did all manner of things. A television company were once making a programme for Australia with Aled Jones all about Delius and they wanted his baptism records, which I found and brought down for them to film. And I’ve chased up many people’s ancestors for them!”

You can read the full story on the Bradford Cathedral website.