Tributes flow for renowned model maker

Mr Bayley, of Anglesea Street, Worthing, had continued using his unique talent up until four months before his death on December 22.

His creations included models of the Dome Cinema and Worthing Pier, with his biggest creation an eight foot long model of the Bedford Row Regency Terrace, built in sections.

Mr Bayley's widow, Trude, said her husband was a marvellous and very talented man.

"He just loved doing them and, when he couldn't do them any more, when he started his illness, he wasn't interested in very much else."

She said of his model making: "I thought it was lovely. I didn't realise when I married him that he had such a marvellous way of doing things."

Mrs Bayley said Worthing would never forget her husband as many of the buildings he recreated no longer existed, so they were a lasting reminder of the town's past.

For full story see West Sussex Gazette January 9