Re: Former Blackburn fire chief dies on holiday in Spain - aged 83 (LT, February 18) I know the family and know John’s sisters Margaret and Patricia.

I remember their late brother Bernard Hinnigan who sadly 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