His visitor was the late Roger Moore, dropping by to be interviewed by  then-wife and journalist, Meg. 

“The flat was damp. It had painted brick walls with condensation all over them,” he said. 

Mr Wintle attempted to mask the wet walls with strips of wallpaper, to little avail. 

“So there’s Roger Moore sitting on this grotty, orange armchair.”

Now Director of Music at St John’s Anglican Church, Mr Wintle was a music critic at the time. He said Moore was “well-dressed, urbane, civilised and friendly” and just as charming and witty in real life. 

Moore died this week, aged 89, after a battle with cancer. At the time of their meeting, he was the lead in the cult classic, The Saint. Seven Bond films followed.

“Now he’s gone to the great studio in the sky and no doubt he’ll charm the socks off Saint Peter”, Mr Wintle said.