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Many customers have commented on the "mutual bond" which existed between Mr. Denton and his workforce... Mr. Denton was a keen sportsman in his
youth, but he lost a leg in a threshing machine accident in 1942. But he maintained an interest in sport and in the early fifties successfully ran the East Garston Football Club...-He also organised the annual "Race a round the Village'

The loyal workforce mentioned above included Sam & Keith Aldridge, Enie Dennis, Tony, George & Mick Hawkins, Bill, Charley, Ray and Eric Hobbs, Nobby Rolfe, Bob Powell, Cyril Taylor, Frank Willgress, Norman Wise and Doug & Rex Vellender. At Roy's funeral, his men carried his coffin into All Saints Church and they attended to the grave filling. The expressions on their faces clearly showed that they held Roy in very high regard as indeed he did them.

Roy married Lambourn Carnival Queen Daisy Wall on 22 May 1940. They had four children, Myrle, Ivor, Neill and Gilda. Ivor has carried on the family tradition of always living in the village (well just). There is a tribute to Roy's sister Jean Green within these memorial pages.

1953 was a good example of the East Garston spirit and Roy's sense of fun There was a feast for the whole village on Coronation day followed by a procession of floats. On Roy's float, he was dressed up as the woman who earlier that year had had the very first sex change operation and Daisy was the doctor - you can imagine the banter!!   Later in the year, probably the best race around the village was held with Roy running the book - see photo above. The betting was 5-2 M Green and P Stevens, 3-1 P Crook, 7-2 A Hayes and I Lomax, 7-2 B Rivers, 4-1 N Hobbs.... What of Roy the man - Ted Baker wrote "Roy, a true gentleman and a good sport