Dear All

It is with great sadness that I pass on the news that Phil Lacey passed away early this morning. Phil had been ill for some time.

I have no more information at the present. But once funeral details are known I will pass them on. Please PM me.

Phil was a great singer. A stalwart of both the Wimborne Folk Session and Wimborne Folk Festival. You would also find him popping up at Falmouth and Bournemouth voice tours and at Chippenham festival. And a lot of places in between. Many that knew him will, I am sure remember his rich voice joining in with the chorus . Or his guitar blending with Wendy's accordion playing.

Phil loved singing the songs of Stan Rodgers so just the chorus of one of the ones I loved to hear him sing, and join in with.

"For just one time I would take the north-west passage,
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea,
Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage,
And make a north west passage to the sea"

Geoff