DEREK Green who migrated to Skipton from the deep south but made a lasting impact on his adopted community, has died at 66. Derek was a churchwarden at Holy Trinity Church, a highly skilled tailor, manager of the Little Red Bus voluntary bus services, a driver of the school bus in the upper Dales and a well-known figure in the local pub. Always immaculately dressed in a well cut suit, Derek was an instantly recognisable figure in the Royal Shepherd and then the Narrow Boat in Skipton until he moved to Buckden in 2016. From Watford originally, he worked in a men’s fashion shop and taught himself to do alterations. He became highly skilled and became manager of the Camden High Road branch of trendy fashion shop Lord John in the 1970s. He also ran his own fashion business.