Hospital Radio Burnley

Hi there,

My name is John Robinson and I started with Hospital Radio in 1999 and have been the chairman for the last 5 years. I present a show on a Monday night 6pm until 8pm, a programme with lots of fun and games, interaction with the patients and a mixture of music from swing to the modern. Monday nights are always quite busy with lots of budding presenters present who are waiting to be trained up.

I have been married to Penny for 28 years, a lifetime you might say. We don't have any children just a Boxer dog called Cassie. Back in 1998, we had the misfortune to take a holiday in New York. We have been back nearly every year since. It's has become a necessity for Christmas shopping and has, up to now, cost me a fortune.
My passion is 'rallying', in my opinion, the better aspect of motor sport.

I have been involved rallying since I was knee high to a grasshopper. Both, taking part in and on the organising side things. I must say quite successfully. Around 6 years ago Penny bought me a 1972 MG Midget as a project car. It arrived in several cardboard boxes and after substantial welding putting it back together, it was like a great big jigsaw puzzle. A friend of mine did most of the work, as I am no mechanic. Still, after about 18 months and a countless skinned knuckles, we had a usable car on the road. It has, up to now, done six classic car rally's the last of which was at Kinross in Scotland.

I have used the car to raise much needed money for the radio by doing a run to Inverness and back. This year we plan to go all the way to the top of Scotland.
To find out how we did on our trip to Inverness, click here