I knew Bernard from my time swimming at Grimsby Leisure Centre. He always liked to chat about his gardening, growing vegetables and cooking nice meals. He was an inspiration to anyone in the pool who couldn't find the motivation to swim. He had slowed down a little in his later times, but he still put the distance in every day and out-swum everyone else in the pool. He will be greatly missed by many and I will think of him every time I swim. I am still eating the Sainsburys oven chips cooked in beef dripping that he recommended to me.
Sincere condolences to all of Bernard's family and friends from Gary Suiter XX
Gary Suiter
18/07/2019