Jack owned the Ye Olde Bicycle Shoppe at Bundanoon for a number of years and was involved in the start of the Chamber of Commerce and Bundanoon Community Association (BCA).

Ralph Clark, current president of the BCA, said Jack had always been around the Association.

“Jack religiously attended meetings of the BCA for a couple of decades,” he said.

“He never put his hand up for positions like president or secretary but he was always around.”

Jack was recently recognised for his contribution with a life membership of the BCA.

Lilly said Jack felt a strong need to give back to the community.

“Jack was always very interested in local history and local affairs. He felt he was getting money out of the community from the shop, so he ought to put something back,” she said.

This desire convinced Jack to lead the Brigadoon parade on a penny-farthing pushbike each year.

It was an annual ritual that continued until the couple moved to Mittagong in nine years ago.

Lilly remembers how Jack entertained the crowds.

“It was just something a little different. We never missed Brigadoon when we lived in Bundanoon. Jack also dressed as a clown and led the Fisher’s Ghost festival parade in Campbelltown for a number of years,” Lilly said.

“He also awarded a prize for the best dressed bike in the Brigadoon parade.”

Lilly remembers the pleasure that Jack brought to visiting families who hired bikes from his shop.

“The best memory was to see families amongst the 200 or so people who sometimes lined up waiting for bikes. It was a very, very happy business,” she said.

“Jack could make the same joke again and again and it would go over every time because there were so many new customers all the time. He was great with children.”

Lilly herself is no stranger to community groups, having been a member of the Moss Vale Players for nearly twenty years from 1980 onwards.