That's our Stan! He would travel to Northern Italy with Arthur Ball most summers for walking, caving, and folk type stuff.

His involvement with (white) witchcraft was quite interesting - he once tried to stop the rain outside the Rising Sun in Hazel Grove (the modern name for the area formerly known as Bullock Smithy) so the 'Old Ball' Easter Play could be performed outside. It didn't work - it just rained all the more heavily. Stan took a lot of stick for that one - all in good humour!

I played with Stan for a long while: musicianing for Fidler's Fancy, for a short time as resident with Stan at Heaton Moor Rugby Club F.C. and loads of other stuff too.

He was and is a legend and is sorely missed. They don't make 'em like that any more!

JJ