Alf Ventress - William Simons
Published: Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 10:09AM
Ventress was Ashfordly's longest-serving copper and now works as a civilian clerk at the station.
Strictly nine to five, Alf avoids work as much as possible, and relies on his long experience and amazing memory to pull him through.
He is battle-hardened but not cynical, despite decades of marriage to the monstrous but never-seen Mrs Ventress.
He is a source of obscure information and sage advice to the younger coppers, including the hapless Younger, with whom he forges a special relationship.
