Everyone wants a piece of 100-year-old Captain Tom Moore these days.

The Second World War veteran, whose fundraising efforts captured the heart of the nation, has been welcomed as an honorary member of the Guild of Freemen of the City of London, was made a honorary Colonel and has even been given a Knighthood.

And now Bradford City Council has jumped on the Captain Tom bandwagon after staff at the industrial museum found a motorbike that he rode competitively as a young man.

Bradford's executive member for healthy people and places, Cllr Sarah Ferriby, said: ‘We couldn't believe it when we found out that one of the bikes that we have on display in our Bradford Industrial Museum was once rode competitively by Captain Tom.

‘Our museums and galleries service is really proud to possess this small but significant link with a true national hero of our times.'

But not everyone has signed up to the hype.

As Diary's great aunt Millie said bluntly just before she turned 100 last month: ‘I think I look better for my age than that old boy.