Ros Hemmings

You could keep him talking for hours and not gardening.

And what did he look like?

He was always extremely well-dressed.

A man always with a cravat.

He wore very nice sort of gardening smocks and I always remember I admired them and he said his wife made them for him.

She'd been made redundant where she worked at a hotel in Abersoch.

And I think they were going into financial difficulties.

And it was at the same time as my husband's bookkeeper had retired.

We know the Walkers and she came to work for us.

She only ever worked on a part-time basis, but we only employed people on a part-time basis.

This was towards the end of the time.

And it was new?

It looked pretty new, but they're not cheap.

Were you surprised?

Well, I was surprised, but I just thought it was family money.

It was a family business.

Martin was famous always.

His business was next door to a chip shop, so on cold days, you know, the chips became irresistible and he would buy them all chips if they wanted them.

Hot weather, everybody who ever worked for him always remembers the enormous numbers of ice creams that they ate.

I am afraid I would...