The Argyle Street Gym.

cashman · 13-07-2009, 23:42

the boys football league thread brought back this memory, cos i was pretty crap at football i graduated to Boxing after 1 season at St Augustines, was much better at that.

went to the gym on argyle street accy, was run by Bob Bannister, who used to appear at the drill hall as Robert Rettsinab the wrestler, think he was also a window cleaner, but memorys not great on that last bit. did anyone used to train at that owd gym or has any tales of it?

cashman · 13-07-2009, 23:49

one funny incident i recall yon, after a couple of months yon, i thought i was henry cooper, was in the ring sparring with Bob who had one of those big flat gloves wi a spot in the centre. the object was to hit the spot as hard n fast as possible, i couldn't resist i chinned Bob.............. big mistake

never made that mistake again.

jaysay · 14-07-2009, 09:10

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Originally Posted by cashman

one funny incident i recall yon, after a couple of months yon, i thought i was henry cooper, was in the ring sparring with Bob who had one of those big flat gloves wi a spot in the centre. the object was to hit the spot as hard n fast as possible, i couldn't resist i chinned Bob.............. big mistake

never made that mistake again.

Ya I imagine making a mistake like that could seriously damage your health cashy

Tony Ireland · 14-07-2009, 14:15

Bob spent a couple of years trying to get a couple of us boxing but it was always with a pint in our hands. I saw Bob in the asda at Lancaster last year just before he died he was great man,

cashman · 14-07-2009, 16:08

didn't know he'd passed away tony, sorry to hear that, agree he was a top geezer.

cashman · 19-08-2010, 07:57

Funnily enough i stand wi bobs nephew up the stanley (which i never twigged) will ask him on sat if hes any tales to add.

keep the faith · 22-08-2010, 11:41

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.