I first met my great friend Ken in 1959 in Cassiobury park Watford he was playing football  with a group who included one of my classmates from school. I was invited to join in which I did and after Ken and I got talking and we hit it off immediately  discovering we had a shared love of football and music.

Over the following years we watched Watford home and away travelling all over. We also found time to play for local teams.

We also worked together for a time  at the Colne Valley Water Company.

Eventually we both found other interests but we did keep in touch all the time.

Over the past 20 to 25 years we have kept in touch by telephone and mail. Our phone calls nearly always ended with one of his bad jokes.

He had a great love for all his family and was interested in mine.

He was a trusted and loyal friend who I will greatly miss.