Tuesday 26 January 2016

Malcolm Heywood

Posted by Tony Hutton

It is with great regret that I have to advise of the death of Malcolm Heywood of Todmorden. Malcolm was very closely involved in the whole cricket heritage programme created by Peter Davies and will be very sadly missed by all who were and are involved with it.

He was always in attendance at all the campaign events and his help and advice was  much appreciated by everyone. We will all miss him and on behalf of everyone still involved I would like to pass on our condolences to Freda, Brian and all the family.

I can do no better than recommend that you read the detailed obituary of Malcolm written by his son Brian, which appears on the Lancashire League website (lancashireleague.com). It gives the complete picture of a man with many diverse interests who was known and respected by so many people. I will always treasure the two remarkable books on the history of Todmorden and its cricketers which were a truly family affair thanks to the combined efforts of Malcolm, his wife and son.

May he rest in peace.

Malcolm's funeral will be at St Mary's Church, Todmorden at 1.45 p.m. on Tuesday 2nd February, followed by refreshments at Todmorden Cricket Club. In his memory his family have requested no flowers, but donations to be shared between Hippodrome Flood Relief Fund and Todmorden Cricket Club.