David Hyde passed away on Sunday after a short illness. He was 86.

David started as a rep for John Allen & Sons in the early 1970's having worked for Kingston House Mowers in Harpenden as Sales Manager and transferred to Allen Power Equipment when the Company was formed in 1973.

He covered Eastern England for many years before retiring a year early in 1991.

Lance Bassett who worked with David for many years said, "When I joined Allen's David helped me considerably and was a genius on a National Mower. Wherever there was grass, David could cut in on a National."