David was first, and foremost, a father and a husband. He did many things in his life and career but he loved his family, home and dogs above all else. He was kind and generous, although he would hide this beneath a gruff exterior, and cared about people.
He was an engineer who worked in optical engineering, in the RAF maintaining machinery for 12 years and, at the very start of his career, as an apprentice down a coal mine.
David had a wicked sense of humour and was glad to share it with anyone, whether they wanted to or not. He was interested in current affairs and would regularly shout his wisdom at the politicians on the television. In his youth and middle years, he was a keen sportsman playing football and cricket very competitively and had many a batsman quaking in their boots as he thundered in to bowl at them.
In his later years he took up golf with much the same enthusiasm and competitiveness. However, the pandemic and his diagnosis stopped him golfing and socialising with friends and he found both this and the associated physical limitations hard to deal with.
We often think, if we had known about the trust sooner, it would have helped him enormously. David is very fondly remembered and profoundly missed by all those who knew and loved him
