I met Johnny for the first time last year, when as mentioned above he sang with the Younguns near Darlington. I was immediately struck by what a genuinely nice person he was . Later that year he sang on board the "Stavros S Niarchos" at the tall ships in Liverpool , and we had abrief conversation as I took him to meet the cook, as he had expressed an interest in seeing the galley .He told me he had served as a cook on a sailing ship some years before. A lovely man ,thoughts are with Joyce and family