Peter George Lidgley

Peter Lidgley was born in Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire and in his youth was a keen fisherman and footballer playing for Beaconsfield United. He married Sue in 1965 and they moved into their newly built house in Shortlands Close, Helmdon, where they lived for the next 33 years, bringing up their son Karl and their daughter Katie-Jane.

After training as a mechanic and doing National Service in the Army, on moving to Helmdon Pete began working at Automotive Products in Banbury until it closed down, when he moved to the Army Central Ordnance Depot in Bicester.

Pete was a well known and very popular figure in the village, walking his beloved three-legged dog, Benjy, working on his allotment and making everyone welcome in the hospitable Lidgley household. He was kind, quiet and modest, perfectly complementing his wife’s organisational energy, but he had his own definite views and a dry sense of humour. He was a perfectionist gardener and expert at DIY.

Peter fought long and bravely against cancer, refusing to give up to the very last. He will be greatly missed by his family and many friends.

From Talkabout Winter 1999