We are very sad to share with you that Thomas Worley, Justice of the Peace, our neighbour and longstanding Caldmore Community Garden volunteer, passed away last week.

Tom had been involved in the Garden from the beginning, always nosy, kind, infecting everyone with his sense of humour, generous to a fault – it was from his back garden that we used to run an extension lead for all our events when we still didn’t have electricity in the early days. He was a master of the barbecue, a hard worker, and a proud owner of a long ladder that he was always happy to lend us when we needed it.

We will never forget all those times when he used to just pop down and check on us, sharing a laugh and a cup of tea, and one of his countless stories from the mining days or when he used to be Justice of the Peace.

He was a dear friend to us all, and will be greatly missed at the Garden and in the whole of Caldmore. We would like to extend our deepest sympathies to his family, especially his wife Voula.