RE Former Blackburn fire chief dies on holiday in Spain — aged 83 (Lancashire Telegraph, February 18).

I know the family and know John’s sisters Margaret and Patricia.

I remember their late brother Bernard Hinnigan, who died in July 2011.

Bernard was a talented man and a very knowledgeable man. Bernard too was a gentleman and he was my hero.

I knew him very well. I married him and I think about Bernard every day with love.

Eileen Hinnigan, Blackburn