Sidney Hunt Snr dies aged 88

Former president of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC) Sidney Hunt Snr has died aged 88.

Hunt, who died on 3 June, was the only man ever to have served two terms as president of the Federation. He was also a founder member of the Institute of Demolition Engineers and Demolition Man of the Year in 1980 and 1989.

He served in the British army's bomb disposal unit in the Second World War and instigated the wearing of hard hats on UK demolition sites during his first term as NFDC president.

Later on in life he became heavily involved in charity fundraising - he raised over £1m for the Lord Snowdon Award scheme, and once said of the demolition industry: "We're rough bastards but we have a heart."