THE ‘world’s oldest darts player’ Florence ‘Candy’ Miller died peacefully on January 24, aged 94.

Born in London in 1920, Mrs Miller came with her family to Dorset the day the Second World War started, living at Cranbrook Villa in Parkstone.

She worked at Holton Heath Munitions factory and in her free time loved to dance. She met her husband Leonard, late of Millers Commercials, at the Woodlands Dance Hall in Ashley Road.

They married in 1941 and lived in Old Wareham Road, Parkstone.

Four children followed – Keith, Ann, Peter and Paul – and as a talented seamstress, Mrs Miller made their clothes as well as her own, stitching them all by hand.

In 1950 they moved to Ringwood Road, and with the children growing up Mrs Miller was able to socialise and go with her husband to Rockly Sands, the Blue Lagoon and Hyde House Country Club for the Saturday night dancing.

By the early 1960s she had been introduced to darts by Jenny Wellman and started playing league darts at Newtown Conservative Club, without much initial success.

With determination she began to win and eventually had a huge hoard of cups. One was presented to her by the footballer Ted MacDougall.

One season she played in the super league scoring the ultimate 180 and receiving a medal as proof.

Travelling far and wide with the team, she made many friends and met Eric Bristow and John Lowe.

In 2009 she published a book ‘You, Flossie! Blossom?’ detailing the history of her early life in London, which was a huge success with family and friends.

Mrs Miller appeared in the Daily Echo Sports page in 2010 as perhaps the world’s only 90-year-old league darts player, still going strong and admitting that “when you go and stand on the oche, you want to win”.

Her finest accolade came in 2012, when at 92-years-old she became a record breaker in the Guinness Book of Records – the oldest league darts player.

She was on local television news and in many national papers and was invited onto the Alan Titchmarsh Show.

Mrs Miller was always game and willing to have a go and with the help of her daughter Ann, travelled by train to Alan’s London studio. After a full day rehearsing she beat him on live television with a three dart throw-off to the resounding cheer of the audience.

She leaves her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.