Canalhouse manager, Yvette Storey, was always looking forward to enrolling hundreds for the event. “But the numbers who rolled up were staggering in their appearance, enthusiasm and, of course, home town. We welcomed visitors from Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, and many English cities including Sheffield, York, Northampton and London.

“My highlight was the moment we heard the massed choir of ‘Robins’, the band, Nemming Ned, and musicians from the Nottingham School of Samba creating a cacophony to celebrate our city’s legendary figure,” she says. “It made a great procession up to the castle.”

Dawn Gibbons, ‘Robin’ from Ontario, Canada, with Canalhouse manager, Yvette Story (right)

‘Robins’ from the University of Sheffield Students’ Union bar

and from ‘The Walkabout bar’, Canberra, Australia (the kangaroo, on the other hand, is from Basford!)

and from ‘The Fire’, Vauxhall, London

the assault on the castle as 200 leave the Canalhouse

and as they approach the Castle ramparts

the 1119 ‘Robins’ on the Castle Green at Robin’s Castle Rock bar

“Robin’s Castle Rock bar”