"ITV 4, "Minder". Poor old Arthur !!! "
Peter Childs, Inspector Ronnie Rycott to you, used to live a few yards from here, and he liked a pint or three, and always chatted with us whenever he could, with a lot of fun and humour!
Once, quite a few years ago, I was having a beer with a chum in a famous London pub, 'The Castle', near to the BBC rehearsal rooms in North Acton, and there was Peter, with lots of easily recognisable actor chums, regaling everyone about the good things in life, and everyone was having a great time.
When he spotted me across the bar, he immediately called me over and introduced me to everyone in his group, including the landlord, who actually lived in Brighton, and drove to his pub in his Rolls Royce every day! Of course, I was dumbstruck, and, what was so nice was, afterwards, the landlord always treated me as a chum, and Peter was always the same - sadly until he got some nasty disease far, far too early.
His wife, Jackie, moved away a few years later, after running a chaotic allotment here, much to the chagrin of all the old boys who moaned about her all the time, but she cared not a jot! Great lady too, and also great fun!
