Growing up in Flinton St. in the 50’s, I remember a mate telling me, we should go and have a look at this massive window on a house in Gillette St. We nipped round and the owner of this terraced house had taken the bay window out and replaced it with a huge picture window. The owner was just coming home from work and said ”do you like it boys?” It was the great man himself, put his hand in his pocket and gave us a couple of pennies and said “get some sweets”. Most blokes would have told us to bugger off.
I met him a few times over the years and he would always go out of his way to chat. A gentleman and a legend.
RIP Great man and deepest condolences to the family.
