My friend Edward Gair, who has died of cancer aged 61, worked in the fruit and vegetable trade for almost 40 years, adored Newcastle United and Bob Dylan, and loved cooking for his wife and daughters.
Ed and his identical twin, Terry, were born in Blackhill, County Durham, to Catherine (nee Carter) and Edward Gair, who had met when they were both working as bus conductors. The boys grew up in nearby Rowlands Gill, with their older sister, Jayne. After St Bede’s grammar school in Lanchester, Ed went to what was then Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University) to study French, Spanish and economics, which is where I met him.
