I kid you not - in Huddersfield in 1975 I saw a man eat a curry so hot - he ate his own handkerchief thinking it was a chipati. One of the funniest men I ever saw. RIP Bobby lad.
Likewise. An icon of my childhood. Can't believe he was only 71 as I always thought he was pretty ancient then, which must have been over 25 years ago.
Great bloke. Didn't resort to telling crude jokes to make people laugh. Booked him for a show at the Club in Donny where I was Secretary. Went into the dressing room, thanked him for a great show and paid him. He said his wife had a curry for him at home, opened the window and jumped out, got in his car and went home. A right character was Bobby.
He was very good in "The Price if Coal", otherwise I only heard him on the radio a couple of times. RIP.
Great film (s). Just watch first 2 minutes. Knutt is the dude smoking the pipe. Absolutely brilliant in this role.
I met him last year in Benidorm. Lovely man. Very highly regarded in the industry in which he worked. I said to him: "Eyop Bobby ! I'm from Wombwell! " You do reight love ! " Made me laugh. Great with the fans.
The Band I managed in the 70's were on the bill with Bobby at a Charity Concert. Backstage, he was telling us about a golfing mate who was a Surgeon who didn't turn up for a foursome at the Golf Club they used. He apologised and told Bobby he had unfortunately been contacted to go to the Hospital to operate on a Sheffield bloke who had let a piece of timber slip as he guided it through a circular saw at a wood yard in the City and had amputated all of his fingers. When the guy regained consciousness Bobbys mate went along to visit him. He checked him out and by way of polite conversation said " it's a pity Bill, if you could have brought your fingers with you, we might have been able to save them". The old Dee Dar looked up and said in a laconic tone, " if 'ar could ev picked 'em up, I would have Doc.!" rolled his eyes and tutted.
Remember him being the "turn" one Sunday night at Wombwell Reform Club when I worked behind the bar there. The concert room was packed out from 7 o'clock, something that only happened when the big names were on, him, Paul Shane, Stan Richards, etc. He bought all the bar staff a drink something you'd never find Paul Shane doing!
