A highlight of his working career was an invitation to a Buckingham Palace Garden Party when he was presented to her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth.

Almost 250 family members, friends and players from bowls, football and darts packed St Faith’s Crematorium for the final stage of “Billy’s last journey.”

Richard William Turner, always known as Billy, who was born on March 11, 1950, was the youngest of 10 born to parents Albert and Ethel.

He couldn’t wait to leave........

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