George Best was my hero when I was growing up and kicking football on the streets of the Short Strand in East Belfast during the late 1960s and early 1970s, not too far from where George was born.
Close to my home in Harper Street, stood the mighty Samson & Goliath, two huge towering yellow cranes that almost reached the sky at the famous Harland & Wolff Shipyard where my Dad worked, and the birthplace of RMS Titanic.
The Fifth Beatle, although I will always refer to him as The Belfast Boy, passed away on this day 17 years ago - November 25, 2005.
