rob farrar

Despite living on the other side of the Pennines, Rob is an adopted Dewsbury Rams fan after joining HWD Hospital Radio as a sports commentator in the 1987 as a 16-year-old when living in the Heavy Woollen District.

Rob's factfile:

Born: 1971 (see below)

Likes: the M62 heading east from Lancashire

Dislikes: this photo of him commentating at the Grand Final in 1999!

Claim to fame: born in Heswall, Cheshire - the same place where Sir Ian Botham was born