Just heard a comment on telly news that he lived in Harrogate . He had only just moved to Harrogate from Pudsey in very recent weeks . How do I know this as a fact ? My gaffer bought his house from him and he is just in the process of moving in . I have some of Sid's old garden furniture , and his bed , in my back garden . Got them for a bonfire I'm having this weekend .

My dad always said that there were only three sports ... huntin', shootin' and fishin' ... all the rest were games.

That was his view, not mine.

The pig in chardonnay and total eclipse of the darts comments with sid and stephen fry were priceless!

"When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer… Bristow's only 27."

I've just watched the tribute to him on Sky Sports.

His final interview, with the Grim Reaper hiding just outside the living room door. Got very emotional when talking about his tough upbringing in a north-east pit village.



Have seen several of these interviews over the years, ( Dennis Potter, Christopher HItchens, etc ) were the interviewee is terminally ill, and they make for fairly refreshing and revealing television.