THIS handsome little newborn had no intentions of waiting for the green light, racing into the world at a crossroads in Stretford – but, luckily, doting dad was on hand for the superfast delivery.

Kelly and Martin Lamb, from Urmston, welcomed their newest addition Harry after a dramatic arrival on Tuesday June 14.

Harry, who came four days before his due date, was born at the traffic lights at the crossroads on Kingsway, near to the Robin Hood pub, with Martin ‘catching him mid-air’.

“We were all in shock, it all happened so fast,” said Kelly, 33, who is also mum to James, who turned one on Sunday.

“I was in labour with James for 20 hours and pushed for four hours before he was born so I really wasn’t expecting Harry to come as quickly as he did.”

Waking up on Tuesday morning, Kelly, assistant headteacher at The Barlow High School in Didsbury, had no idea what the day had instore for her.

Experiencing light contractions at around 9.30am, she called for Martin, 40, who works at Halifax in Sale, to come home to look after son James.

Not expecting to deliver until later that evening, Kelly relaxed with a bath but at 12noon she experienced two very painful contractions and knew instinctively that the baby was on its way.

She was raced to St Mary’s Hospital in Manchester by Martin and father-in-law George but little Harry was in a hurry to meet the family.

Just one mile from their home, Kelly screamed for George to pull over.

With railings adorning all sides of the crossroads, George was forced to stop in the middle of the road and Martin, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, rushed to Kelly’s aid.

By the time Martin had opened the passenger door, Harry was already on his way. Within a matter of seconds, and without any pushing, Harry appeared at breakneck speed, straight into his dad’s arms.

“I heard Martin say ‘It’s a boy!’”, said Kelly. “George hadn’t even had the chance to call 999. Martin took his top off and so did I so Harry could have skin-on-skin contact. It was just so quick.”

Harry weighed in at a healthy 7lbs 1oz after a two hour labour. A passerby, Stuart Walker, noticed the commotion and rushed to his flat to fetch towels and hot water.

Martin cut the cord after the ambulance arrived and Kelly and Harry were taken to be checked out at hospital.

They were home by that evening.  The family-of-four went out for a lunch the very next day.

“It feels surreal,” said Kelly. “A lot of people have said ‘you have so much energy’ but it almost feels like I haven’t been through labour, like it hasn’t even happened. Martin said it was the most amazing thing he has ever done.”

Kelly wanted to thank the paramedics and hospital staff and also Stuart for his assistance.