Ray Smith, who is retired, is sipping his pint and munching on peanuts with a few of the other lads across from the snooker table.

However, Pearce, who recalls seeing a snooker table being used enthusiastically in the middle of a village street in China, remains optimistic.

They depicted things that Mr Colwyn had always loved, from boxing gloves and a snooker table to Ford cars and Lurcher greyhounds.