I am sorry to hear the sad news, he will be missed, first met him when he lived at Albion House Broadstairs in 1975 when he lined a footplate for a Wills Arthur,my first ever attempt at loco construction.
He also played at our wine bar in Folkestone and even sign wrote the fascia on the entrance .
He was a veritable mine of help and information which is now lost ..
RIP Bob....