He continued: ‘The Watchmaker’s Arms was his local and he was very into his real ales. He absolutely loved that place – called it his second home. He would sometimes come home and cook dinner, then head back over there.
‘When we were searching over the weekend we came across people we didn’t even know who would tell us, “I know your dad”.’ Gareth was dad to three children, Robbie, Gemma, 30, and Rhian, 33, and had two grandchildren. He was born in Cardiff and grew up there before later moving to England. He was an active member of the Labour Party, and worked as a management consultant and a visiting lecturer at a number of universities. He had also previously been the head of HR at the BBC.Robbie told: ‘He was very into his politics and was very active in the party, canvassing for Hove and Portslade MP Peter Kyle at general elections and always knocking on doors – not an armchair critic.’
Daughter Rhian Jones said her dad would ‘live on through us forever’. She added: ‘We can all just aspire to be more like dad and just do everything in life that he would have done.’
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