I began working with Matt in 2001 and because he was such a great guy we became friends straight away. Working with him for all of those years I was lucky enough to share with him his happiest moment - the birth of Oliver. He was so proud and continued to smile even through all of the late night and early morning feeds. From the stories he tell each morning about Oliver he was obviously a great dad. That’s how I’ll choose to remember Matt - smiling and talking about his son.
Officially I was Matt's Line Manager, unofficially we were coffee mates. I first heard of Matt's name several years ago when I was a newly promoted Team Leader and was sat in a crammed meeting room at
We have a key on top of the electricity meter just inside our front door. It's "Matthew's key". As soon as he was old enough to go out with his own key he developed the habit of forgetting his key, so
I worked with Matt for a number of years and made a very good friend. He was always so calm laid back and friendly. I used to call him the Scarlett Pimpernel as he was always disappearing to which he