It is with a heavy heart that I write this knowing that a really good guy has been taken from us. However, I am immensely proud to say that I was lucky enough to have known you from an early age having become best friends with Gav in infant school. One of my earliest memories is watching you and my dad playing football for the Rose Inn pub on the green. You pulling the strings in midfield and my dad 'the cat' in goal. Throughout my childhood/teen years yourself and Trish were so welcoming and hospitable that I couldn't help but feel one of the family. An honorary Murphy. I remember that you would pull me to one side every now and then.....and apprehensively thinking I was about to receive a telling off, you would try out your latest joke or comedic tale. The jokes weren't always great but the delivery spot on! I'm so pleased that I knew you and got to introduce my family to you in adult life. You will be missed Tommy. You were one of a kind