Former local mayor Jim Boult, Rob’s youngest brother, says ‘‘he was my role model in life, he was just a high-achieving bloke’’. He joined his family’s apparel manufacturing business, and in his early 20s relocated to London with his wife Marjorie and attended the rag trade’s ‘university’, The Tailor and Cutter Academy. ‘‘He was one of those blokes who would try anything, he was never short of a good idea,’’ Jim says. Jim says it was also Rob’s idea, which he took up himself, to run the then-beleaguered Kingston Flyer steam train between Queenstownand Arrowtown. Rob’s survived by Marjorie, his wife of 65 years, and their children Simone and Kurtis.

Source: Stuff May 10, 2024 18:21 UTC