David Taylor was born on 14 June 1941 one of 4 children of Walter and Flo Taylor (actually known as Wally and Kate.) Dave as he was known to almost everyone was born in Lord Fry’s house in Bath as his mother was evacuated there from Bristol during the war. His eldest sister Lillian insisted on calling him David so Dave retaliated by calling Lillian – Lil. Of his siblings John and Lillian have passed away and it is quite likely that they are still arguing as to who will buy the next round. Dave’s surviving sister is Linda . He was bought up in Knowle, Bristol and attended Connaught Rd Infants School and Secondary School in Knowle West where he excelled at tennis. After he left school Dave trained as a French Polisher before deciding on a job as a Commercial HGV Driver. He passed his advanced driving test for commercial vehicles in 1985. It’s probably best not to discuss Dave’s childhood days but leave that to St Peter who no doubt will want to have a word with him. Dave and Dianne were married in October 1963 and their first son John was born a little over 9 months later and their second son Paul another 3 years later. Paul has asked me to mention that he didn’t intend to shoot you with his airgun – it was an accident – honest! Dave has 3 grandchildren Claire, Michael and Ben and one great granddaughter Abigail. There is a second grandchild who arrived on the day of Dave's funeral. One of Dave’s great loves was to play pool with his sons and their friends and sometimes they just had to let him win. He also enjoyed a game of darts with his brother in law Pete but he was worse at that than pool. Dave enjoyed a couple of drinks on Friday evenings and Saturday lunchtime at Bar Ola in Los Alcazares. The only sports he enjoyed were tennis, wrestling and boxing. He liked to sing at Karaoke he even recorded a song five years ago for Help Mar Menor. As I’ve already said he liked a drink but was banned by his family from drinking whisky as son John’s back cannot take carrying him too many times. Dave was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and uncle to Adrian, Tina, Leanne and Siobhan. He always wanted the best for them and always treated them all the same. Dave’s favourite sayings were” improvise, adapt and overcome” also there is no such word as “can’t”. When anyone put a mixer into spirits he would say “you’re killing that”. When in Cornwall delivering he always stayed with his sister Lillian and nephew Adrian and after a few drinks he would get up to a bit of mischief with Adrian. Dianne, John, Paul, Carol and Cath would like to thank Barbara and Geof, Christine and Neil, Zigi and Fred. Also a special thankyou to Mabs carers Anne, Elvire, Dianna, Moira and Eddie for all the help they have given us when Dave was very ill. Thank you all once again.