Pugh Davies

Pugh Davies (known as Pugh) is an ex farmer who used to run a farm under the same estate as Morgan Thomas. When his wife died, Pugh accepted a settlement from the estate and settled down to quiet town life with his daughter Jean, her husband and son in Talgarth.

About two years before the start of the story, Pugh began working for Morgan and The Old Lady. A neighbour dropped a hint to Pugh that Morgan and the Old Lady could use help running Blainau, and so Pugh had his daughter take him into Blainau one morning on her way to work and he asked the Old Lady to take him on part-time. Since that day, Pugh had worked faithfully with Morgan at least five days a week from dawn until dusk. Jean took her father into Blainau on her way to work in Abergavenny and picked him up on her way home each weekday (pg28). Pugh was also seen to work on Saturdays, although it is not known whether this was a regular arrangement given that Jean presumably did not work on Saturdays.

Pugh lives in Talgarth at the address below:

Physical Appearance, Personality and Habits
Pugh is a old, short man with white hair and a thick white moustache. When Lee asked Morgan how old Pugh was, Morgan replied, "...anyone who calls me "boy" gotta be damned near derelict!" (Episode 2). When he first meets Lee, Pugh attempts to be friendly, but his kindness and humour clashes with Lee and it takes the two a while to warm up to each other due to this initial misunderstanding. Pugh is rarely seen to get angry and while he cares deeply for Morgan, and by extension Lee, he is unable to form a deeper connection with the two and often seems blase or uninterested in the goings-on at Blainau because of this. As the episodes progress, Pugh is shown to attempt to reason with Morgan and clearly wants to help save Blainau. In the end, however, he abandons Blainau, leaving his daughter Jean to call upon the house one morning to explain he will no longer be working for Morgan.

Pugh is often seen taking up a chair from the table in Blainau's kitchen to retrieve the bottle of whiskey on the top shelf - Morgan never retrieves it for Pugh, although Pugh seems to be welcome to the drink.

Pugh is not seen in the congregation in the Church at Llanelieu, and nothing is known of his religious or other beliefs.