It was some 30 plus years ago that we went to The Spinners Folk Club at Gregson's Well in Liverpool, as there often was several guests dropped in during the evening, one of them was this guy who was introduced as "The Last Working Shantyman - Stan Hugill" we enjoyed the set and like, everyone else, joined in the chorus's with gusto! It was a great evening and we went home - now so many years later we wish that, on that and several subsequent occasions when we met Stan that we had pinned him down in a corner with a tape recorder and very long list of questions !

All these years later our love of folk music has continued, we have specialized in Maritime folk music - and Stan has continued to be the subject of many emails, requests and questions. Because neither of us can sing or play a musical instrument we set up The Chantey Cabin, not as a shop, but as a central point where like minded people can browse around for the CD or book they have always wanted, or ask a question about artists or songs. And generally act as a central point at festivals. For those outside the United Kingdom we offer a mail order service, not just for sales but as an information point.

A few months ago we were asked a question which we could not answer - and this prompted a web search - it was to our very great surprise that we found there was no Stan Hugill web site and so in our small way we have decided to remedy the situation, but this is not "our" site we are simply the custodians - we would love to ask anyone who knew Stan, in any capacity to add their own contributions. It is intended that this will be very much a "living" site where things will be added and updated frequently.

Ken and Jan Lardner January 2003 e-mail: ken@chanteycabin.co.uk