My friend and former work colleague Mike Kalaher, who has died aged 80, was for many years a full-time organiser and recruiter for the Unison trade union, first in London and then in East Anglia.
Mike was born in Islington in north London, where his earliest memories were of the sounds of doodlebug bombs flying over the capital during the second world war, and of being thrown into a Morrison shelter by his parents or grandparents, along with his dog, Peter.
