Ken Lewis passed away on Friday, December 12, aged 86. He grew up with his younger brother, Trevor, spending time in Jerusalem and Cairo.

Trevor, 81, said: “We lived in Jerusalem from 1936 to 1939. We used to walk down the Via del Rosa on the way to school.

“He was a motorbike fan, when we were a bit younger we used to go to all the big motorcycle meetings. His first bike was a BSA Startwin.” Ken met his wife in London and then had two children.

Ken served in the air force before setting up as a mobile barber around Priestwood.

He was well known and liked in the community that he campaigned to help.

Ken was involved in both the Priestwood Community Association and Bracknell’s Defend Our Community Services (DOCS). Ken had been active in the Priestwood Community for decades.

Ed Glasson, former chair of the community association said: “Ken had been closely involved in the long deliberation on road safety issues in his own neighbourhood which had led to the introduction of the new pedestrian crossing at Rounds Hill. That’s a fitting legacy for a chap who was an active citizen for an awful long time.” As part of his work with the DOCS, he brought public awareness to plans to sell off Royal Berkshire Hospital Trust’s Brant’s Bridge site, now its Urgent Care Centre.

It was Ken who had prompted the DOCS study of Councillors’ allowances across Berkshire which revealed that Bracknell Forest Councillors were awarding themselves allowances above the average for the County.

Ken’s funeral was on December 16. Ken had said that he wanted his funeral to be a no-fuss affair. Trevor, speaking yesterday, Tuesday said: “His funeral was this morning. It made us feel a bit better.”