Stan Hugill in New Zealand waters?

Subject: Stan Hugill in New Zealand waters?
From: Little Robyn
Date: 11 Aug 04 - 02:47 AM

In 1972 I was introduced to Stan Hugill at Loughborough Folk Festival. He was pleased to meet a Kiwi and said that he'd sailed in NZ waters many years ago. I believe this was before WW2, when the coastal trade still used sailing ships.
Does anyone know any more about his time here, did he ever mention it during workshops, did he tell tales of his experiences to his friends or family? I believe his son Martin is also a singer.
One of our shanymen, Rudy Sunde, would like to find out more but I don't know any more than this. You don't learn too much in a 5 minute conversation and it was a few years back!
Robyn

Subject: RE: Stan Hugill in New Zealand waters?
From: GUEST,Lighter
Date: 11 Aug 04 - 07:44 AM

According to Shanties from the Seven Seas, p. 159, Stan learned the halyard shanty "Roll, Alabama, Roll" from "an elderly New Zealand lady whose husband had been a seaman in the Alabama. I met her in Gisborne, New Zealand, in 1925."

Subject: RE: Stan Hugill in New Zealand waters?
From: curmudgeon
Date: 11 Aug 04 - 07:51 AM

Also try here.
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Subject: RE: Stan Hugill in New Zealand waters?
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 11 Aug 04 - 12:11 PM

Well he was definitely in that part of the world in WW2 because he was at the helm of the freighter "Automedon" in the straits of Java, when she encountered the German raider "Atlantis" and was sunk.

This incident was quite a major part of the history of the war because the ship was carrying secret dispatches including one which reported that Singapore could not not be adequately defended from Japanese attack. These papers were passed on to the Japs by the Germans and led to the fall of Singapore.

Subject: RE: Stan Hugill in New Zealand waters?
From: Little Robyn
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 01:44 AM

I'm sure it was the traders Stan meant, not his war service.

Subject: RE: Stan Hugill in New Zealand waters?
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 05:11 AM

"Automedon" was a merchant ship.

Subject: RE: Stan Hugill in New Zealand waters?
From: GUEST,Dolphin
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 04:42 PM

Try www.stanhugill.com