H. E. Bates with the television adaptations of his stories "The Darling Buds of May" and its sequels as well as adaptations of "My Uncle Silas", "A Moment in Time", "Fair Stood the Wind for France" and "Love for Lydia". In his home town of Rushden, H.E. Bates has a road named after him to the west of the town, leading to the local leisure centre. Eads, Peter, 1990, H.E.BATES, A Bibliographical Study, St. Paul's Bibliographies, Winchester, Hampshire, Omnigraphics, Detroit 1990 Eads, Peter, 2007, H.E.BATES, A Bibliographical Study, Oak Knoll Press & British Library, (Oak Knoll Press) (The British Library) Eads, Peter, 1990,
The Darling Buds Caerleon and Monmouth. Chris McDonogh now works at Le Mons studio in Newport. Richard 'Bloss' Gray became an assistant manager in a hotel near Cardiff; as of 2012 he ran the Red Lion Inn in Cowbridge. Geraint Farr, Andrea Lewis' boyfriend during the band's early years, retrained as a dietician/nutritionist and moved to Bristol. "I don't know why, but he's turned his back on that part of his life," commented Lewis on Farr's refusal to join her for a one-off reunion. In July 2010, the Darling Buds with only Lewis Jarvis from the original line-up, reformed for a one-off tribute