FAMILY and friends paid their final respects to legendary comic Bob Williamson, at his funeral this afternoon.

The 67-year-old comedy folk singer died from a rare blood on June 19, in Hazlebrook Nursing Home.

Loved ones filed into Overdale Crematorium to his song ‘Holland's Meat Pie’ playing, while his coffin, decorated in a simple ivory flowered wreath spelling ‘Bob’, was carried in.

Fond memories, relayed on behalf of his 96-year-old father Fred, told how as a teenager Bob, described as “an excitable and strong-willed child” returned home from his first job as a postman and said: “That’s it I’m not going anymore — I’m going to be an entertainer”.

He rose to fame in the 1970s in the folk/comedy boom, as did friend Bernard Wrigley, who first met Bob at the “newly opened Octagon theatre”.

Bob published three albums - Superturn, Greatest Hits Volume 6 and Still Hazy After All These Beers.

His funeral procession walked out to his well-known song 'Kippers for Tea'.

Mr Wrigley said: “None of us would be here today if it hadn’t have been a pleasure to have known him and though we are all saying bye bye Bob we know he will still live on with us.”