The really fat bloke was called David Jones and he used to get accused of bias towards us. He famously turned up on the Blackpool team coach for a match at Turf Moor which didn't go down well with the locals, seeing that he was doing the commentary.
Norman Shakeshaft only did Preston and his catchphrase was 'Norman Shakeshaft back to the studio' delivered in full Lancashire drawl every time he signed off which was about 6 times in a game sometimes if it wasn't a full commentary. I didn't hear it but apparently he was sacked for saying ' what a f**cking goal ' live on air one time when Preston actually scored. It was probably a tap in
Richard Dinnis was a really good pundit on Lancs and is sorely missed. I'm sure they must have asked him a few times to come back and do the odd game because he was so good but he seems to like retirement.
Then there's Jack Holden which is what this threads about. He did do odd Burnley games but it was mainly Rovers , who he loved. He had a style and a way with words and I wish I could listen to it again somewhere because he was brilliant. I even spoke to Gerald Jackson about him who's been at Radio Lancs since it started and he said they had tried to track Jack Holden down a few times but to no avail. He lived in Glossop and I would imagine he's probably dead by now.
Some great characters on that station and at the start they used to cover Bolton rather than us. It seems to get a lot of stick on here and I do agree there is a slight bias towards PNE and Rovers compared to us and Burnley but they still do a great job. They really do stretch the budget as far as they can.
Will always miss the sounds of Jack Holden though!