David Daisley, who worked as a Kitchen Porter at Gonville & Caius College for 50 years, has died. He was 77.

David was a fixture in the Caius kitchens and many of his colleagues were friends. He reached his 50th anniversary of working at Caius in April, but declined the opportunity to celebrate the milestone, instead allowing it to pass by quietly.

Soon afterwards he chose to retire and leave the job he began aged 27, in April 1973.

The College expresses its condolences to all David’s friends, colleagues and acquaintances. The College banner was flown at half mast in his memory on Tuesday 5 December.

Read an interview with David from November 2021 on the College website: A fixture in the Caius kitchens | Gonville & Caius (cam.ac.uk)