My father, John Daly, who has died aged 79, began his working life as a carpenter, but after a serious accident was forced to give up that line of work and instead became a home maker, looking after his two children and facing up to various medical challenges over the following years with great courage.
John was born in Dewsbury in West Yorkshire to Kathleen (nee Philips), a housewife, and Stephen Daly, who was chief editorial assistant at the Manchester Guardian.
