The wife of a man who commuters described as the "light of Radlett station" is continuing his legacy.

Vinu Patel, who died in February this year, ran the kiosk on platform one for 21 years and now his wife Rekha has taken over the stall.

Mrs Patel said: "When my husband passed away we had a great response from customers - everybody was so sympathetic.

"We had a condolences book and one person in their wrote, 'Vinu was the light of Radlett station and now that light had gone'.

"There were three things he always talked to customers about and that was family, cricket and the weather. Everyone always remembers that."

The couple moved to Radlett from Leicester 26-years-ago and set up the kiosk not long after they moved down.

Mrs Patel, who also works at Royal Mail in Hemel Hemsptead, opens the kiosk during the morning and evening rush hour.

She added: "Before, when we first got the kiosk, my husband would open it at 5am. I used to work nights so when I finished, I would come and relieve him.

"Afterwards everyone was talking about him, saying such nice things so i decided to take it on again."

Mr Patel, who had two daughters, died after falling ill.

At the time, Mrs Patel said she was in India and missed him by a few hours - "It was not expected. I spoke to him on the phone when he was in hospital and he said to me I'll be home soon."

She added: "I want to thank all the customers, my colleagues and family for their support and everything they did for me."