ACTOR, hotelier and broadcaster Robert Gray was born in Malta and moved to Greenwich in the early sixties. He runs a B&B in St Alfege Passage called Number 16 which “gained notoriety on the Hotel Inspector on Channel 5.”
Robert’s highlight of 2012, he says, was “the Olympics and all the jolly people visiting Greenwich for the equestrian events in the park.”
Robert got in to the equestrian spirit by commissioning a topiary horse called Benson, which has been in his front garden since the spring. What now for Benson?
“Well don’t tell anybody this but Benson is going to become an installation for St Alfege Advent Windows. He’s going to have a bit of a makeover so watch this space from the 16th December.”
As well as continuing with his Youtube chat show, Robert’s Full English Breakfast Show, he has also just started a show on local radio station, Meridian Radio.
“They’ve let me loose with a lot of knobs and controls on Meridian Radio which is really quite scary, a bit like flying Concorde. In fact, I think flying Concorde would be easier.”
After fifty years in Greenwich, what is it that Robert still loves about the area?
“Greenwich is such a beautiful and happening place but it still feels like a village because in other parts of London you can live and not know who lives in the flat above or below you. Greenwich has a big sense of community.”
See Robert’s latest RFEBS with actor Pete Egan