A HEREFORD business will be closed this Friday (January 12) due to the funeral being held of its owner being held. 

Robert Broadfoot, who set up Hereford Gold in Commercial Road in 1977, died at Gwen Walford House on December 11. 

His funeral will be at St Martin's Church in Ross Road at 12.30pm followed by a private family cremation. 

Initially called Discount Jewellery, Mr Broadfoot also had his mother Violet and sister Margaret working with him, with his father Robert, younger sister Violet and cousin Mary joining the business at a later date. 

His wife Philippa then started helping out 32 years ago, discovering a love for the business. 

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Paying tribute, Mrs Broadfoot said her husband 'had a knack of talking to people and liked going to the pub because he was a very sociable person.'

Mrs Broadfoot added that her husband was a proud Scotsman who gained a passion for football and boxing while serving in the RAF. 

He later became a buyer for various companies, including jewellers, and set up Hereford Gold with proceeds he made from running market stalls and the balance of his redundancy money from a previous job. 

The family has requested that will be family flowers only at the funeral; however, donations for Herefordshire Headway and/or St Michael's Hospice may be sent to Bayley Brothers.