Residents of our town have been remembering one key member of the community who has just passed away after many years of essential service. 

One Facebook user posted to the public group 'Bygone Bracknell' several photographs of a beloved firefighter who worked in the area. 

They said "Sad news, have just heard from his widow Loraine that Michael Ruddle has died following a cancer battle.

"Mick was a fireman stationed at Bracknell, He joined with his Priestwood neighbor, Ian Docherty RIP around 1973, Mick was brought up at his family home in Hawthorne close Priestwood. He and Lorraine spent time recently between Spain and Lincolnshire."

Since news broke that Mick had passed away, those local to Bracknell have been paying tribute to this extraordinary man. 

One person wrote "Sad news. Lived in Hawthorn Close. He went around with my three brothers the Docherty boys. Lovely family."