[keep the faith]

I'm Bob's nephew. It's nice to see that people had great respect for him. After he retired Bob went to live at Middleton, next door to Heysham. His big passion in later life was his electric organ, I think he was a member of the Lancaster keyboard society. He used to promote the wrestling bouts at the Ambulance Drill hall, and fought up and down the country. He was billed as Robert Retsinnab (Bannister spelt backwards) from Hungary, it always made me laugh when they announced this in the ring. After Argyle Street closed he opened a gym on the site of the old Central WMC, round the corner from where Argos is now. Sadly Bob passed away last year, in Lacaster hospital, he was cremated at Accrington Cemetry.