Tributes have been paid to a “happy-go-lucky” great-grandfather who worked at Portals for 40 years after he passed away following a fall. Raymond ‘Ray’ White was walking to his local post office in Picket Piece, near Andover, when he “lost his footing” and fell on the way. The former Portals worker was taken to hospital in Basingstoke, where he developed pneumonia, attributed to the fall, and passed away on July 14, 2020. Area Coroner Jason Pegg gave a verdict of accidental death, saying that “were it not for the fall it is unlikely he [Mr White] would have died when he did.” The court heard that on June 22, 2020, Mr White had been walking to the Picket Piece Post Office from his home on Ox Drove, and was said to have been crossing the Locksbridge Park estate at the time.