Mike had a wonderfully colourful life! His early years as a Cockney child in east London followed by many years at sea provided a fund of memories and experiences which he drew on in later life - he had a story for most occasions enlivened by a quick wit and ready humour. His sister-in-law, Barbara, knew the way to his heart. Mike wouldn't let her in to the house until she had passed over a home-made decorated sponge cake which was her entry pass to the Smart household. Although he was a very generous man, there was to be no sharing of that cake and Mike would happily demolish it in record time!

With loving thoughts and lots of memories,

Barbara and Geoff