11/05/2026
🎉Happy 80th Birthday John 🎉
We hope you have a lovely day celebrating with your family & friends on such a special occasion….
You have been a pillar in our community, continuing with your parents & sisters family business which opened in 1946 on Ashby road, you played rugby at Daventry comprehensive in 1960-61 (16years old) beating many teams and winning the league, then you played for longbuckby rugby club for many years with the nick name devil Dennett on the pitch, neighbour hood watch coordinator in Ashby fields estate, 24 years as governor at falconers hill infant school, 20 years at falconers junior school including being chairperson for many years, 15 years on the governing body of moulton college, volunteering for over 30 years on one Sunday every 6 weeks running the lounge bar at longbuckby rugby club for the ex players and finally your greatest achievement playing with Daventry brass band from when you was 10 years old yes 70 years ago…. (1956)
Recently a few chest infections have kept you from playing your b # bass to which you last played at Everdon fete in August last year, but most importantly you are still an active committee member and help ken with the Maintance of the band hall in Daventry.
Your wife Ann, Three daughters Fiona, Suzanne & Hannah keep you on your toes, active and healthy with the support of their partners Ian & Chris. Also seeing your grandson Chester after school either playing, helping Fiona collect the trolleys, turning the hose pipes on and having a long walk with Hannah and the dogs while nanny cooks tea.
Your staff at the garden centre often get to have a good chat with you most days, as do a lot of our customers who enjoy listening about the history of Daventry and talking to you.
Most people will find you in your Polytunnel busy potting while listening to bbc radio northampton, keeping up to date with politics, cobblers, the saints, local news and weather for that day.
We all wish you a very happy 80th 🎈 🎂 🏉 🎶