He moved to Glasgow for a brief spell before settling in Kent in the south of England where he was educated.

He then signed up for the RAF and spent six years as a medic before he and his parents, who were living in America at the time, decided to move back to Lurgan and the new town of Craigavon.

He met his wife Rosaleene and were married for 35 years until her passing and they had a son, Kieran and lived in Church Walk.

He worked mainly in security and used to pop in to the Barnardo’s in High Street for the ‘usual gear’, of blue shirts and blue trousers.

He said: “They started offering me a cup of tea and a biscuit and before I knew it I was working for them.”

Daniel is in semi-retirement and is happy as long as he is kept busy.

He said: “Barnardo’s keep you busy but so long as there is plenty to do, I don’t mind.

“I work most days of the week except Sundays - but if they asked me to I would work them as well,” he said.

“Bernardo’s is a great charity and the work we do here in Lurgan is very valuable, we would encourage everybody to donate to the shop and come and see what we have to offer.

“I would say to people remember to reduce, reuse and recycle - mostly what is thrown out can be used by someone else, and here at Barnardo’s the proceeds go to a great cause,” he said.

“The charity has done some great work over the years and I hope the work we do here helps to continue the cause.”

Along with the rest of the staff at the shop, Daniel works to promote the store as best he can offering customers the best service possible.

He said: “We have all kinds of people coming into the shop and we always try and accommodate their needs and would even offer to hold stuff over for them if they wanted.

“We get the usual regular customers popping in all the time and the shop has a lot to offer for all the people of Lurgan,” he said.

If you could trade places with anyone else for the day who would it be and why?

Warren Buffet, he has helped so many good causes and pledged the majority of his fortune to The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest donation in history, which helps increase health care and reduce poverty throughout the world. He is an ordinary bloke just like myself with an ordinary car and an ordinary house who had paper rounds when he was young.

Have you had any regrets in life?

No not really

If you could change your job what would you do instead?

I am quite content in life as it goes, maybe if I was younger I would have a few more ideas but as long as I am busy is all that really matters.

Party animal or slouch potato

I would rise to the occasion, I like a wedding and parties, that kind of thing.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years time?

Travelling around, I have family across the world and would love to meet up with them and I would particularly love to visit Japan and Sweden.