Spiritual leader, snooker enthusiast, greengrocer: Mohammed Shafiq, ran FreshSave in Didsbury for more than 23 years. He passed away last month and has been remembered by his communities across the world and today, by his family.
Mohammed was a familiar face throughout Didsbury, where he worked, and Bolton where he lived, and was known for his joy, wisdom, and the free, fresh fruit in his shop. The announcement of his death caused an outpouring of heartfelt responses, with more than 600 likes and 167 comments across two obituary posts on the Facebook page Didsbury M20 and letters, cards and drawings sent to the shop.
Mohammed moved to Bolton from Pakistan aged six with his mother, who worked in the cotton mills. He took a job collecting from the markets when he was 14 and would work before school to help his mother. In January of this year he was diagnosed with cancer.
