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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: GUEST,Malcolm Storey Date: 28 Dec 22 - 08:52 PM It's amazing how these things happen. A couple of weeks ago I was catching up on my life diary when I came across an entry which included my attendance at Colin's funeral. A great bloke. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 27 Dec 22 - 11:25 PM What a wonderful gesture! |
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Subject: Obit: COL K From: KeithWright Date: 27 Dec 22 - 07:07 PM For those who remember Col K (Colin Kemp 1950 to 2007) His name will some be on the new Whitby (where he learnt of Whitby Fol Festival) Sharon class lifeboat. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: sapper82 Date: 08 Sep 09 - 06:33 AM Glad I'm not the only one who is still finding the loss hard to get used to. A unique person in many ways. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: nutty Date: 07 Sep 09 - 05:03 PM The memories linger on. Colin has been mentioned and remembered at so many folk gatherings. We still really miss him. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Linda Kelly Date: 07 Sep 09 - 02:52 PM Never forgotten. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Pistachio Date: 07 Sep 09 - 12:56 PM As in 2007, Linda and I sang 'Sweet Minerva' in the Minerva at the Hull 'Sea Fever' Festival this weekend then stepped outside and remembered Colin. His was the last name to be read out on the Shellback Roll of Remembrance as they sang the Farewell Shanty in Ruscadors. Happy Memories. Catherine, Be happy you knew him. I know I am one of many who is! Hazel.x |
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Subject: RE: Col K (Colin Kemp) 31 Aug 2007 From: My guru always said Date: 01 Sep 09 - 08:15 AM Am so glad I've still got one of Col's Hugs *grin* Often think of Col! |
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Subject: RE: Col K (Colin Kemp) 31 Aug 2007 From: GUEST Date: 31 Aug 09 - 10:36 AM Still missing Col around very much I was delighted when I went in the Met during Folk Week to see the memorial they have on the wall. The photos on it reminded me of many good times. |
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Subject: RE: Col K (Colin Kemp) 31 Aug 2007 From: Captain Farrell Date: 31 Aug 09 - 06:16 AM Helped me out a great deal always willing to help at Saddleworth. Great memories of Dartmoor festival so nice to see a familiar face so far away from home. |
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Subject: RE: Col K (Colin Kemp) 31 Aug 2007 From: Linda Kelly Date: 31 Aug 09 - 04:08 AM Nice one Rhiannon, we had a meal with Col the week before at Whitby Folk Festival -it is still a shock to think he has gone. |
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Subject: RE: Col K (Colin Kemp) 31 Aug 2007 From: Broadside Man Date: 31 Aug 09 - 03:58 AM Funny i was thinking of him the other day. Can't believe it's been two years. Geoff |
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Subject: RE: Col K (Colin Kemp) 31 Aug 2007 From: Little Robyn Date: 31 Aug 09 - 01:38 AM I was thinking that's a short year - then I realized, it's 2 years! Unbelieveable! Robyn |
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Subject: RE: Col K (Colin Kemp) 31 Aug 2007 From: GUEST,Jerry O'Reilly Date: 31 Aug 09 - 01:05 AM And from me too! I cant walk into The Metropole in Whitby without hearing his voice. "Hello Jerry" |
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Subject: RE: Col K (Colin Kemp) 31 Aug 2007 From: Peace Date: 31 Aug 09 - 01:00 AM Ditto that, Rhiannon. |
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Subject: Col K (Colin Kemp) 31 Aug 2007 From: Zany Mouse Date: 30 Aug 09 - 07:02 PM It still hurts to think that Col left us 2 years ago. I hope he's having fun stewarding all the folkie events "up there". Blessings Rhiannon |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: GUEST,GUEST, Catherine Date: 27 Aug 09 - 06:03 PM It's taken me sometime to actually write this. But as the 2nd anniversay is coming up in a few days I just felt the need to say that when I read this thread 2 yrs ago with tears running down my face I also felt a sense of happiness that Colin was obviously loved by so many friends. I'm so glad that he found his niche in life and that he had you all and that he loved what he was doing. I was at the funeral and the sheer numbers of people there came as a big shock to me and made me realise that he had a whole new life that I was never a part of. Inevitably his death opened up a whole can of very emotional and mixed memories for me that I thought were buried a long time ago. It's been difficult at times to cope with all this but with help and support from some very special people I'm getting there. Most of you don't know me, but may guess who I am, Keith's is the only name I recognise (yes May & Aug 1982), but I'd like to send thanks to all you special people who knew and loved Colin. I'll be thinking about him especially on Monday..cheers Colin and sorry I stopped being a part of your life.. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: GUEST,Zoe from Nottingham Date: 16 Jul 09 - 03:43 PM I'm sorry its taken me a while to get to write this but here it is... How sad I was when I heard the news that Colin had passed away. The sadness felt was as though he was a member of my own family. He always had a big hug and a smile for me at the many Festivals I've been to and took part in over the last 20 years. So very missed by all. Zoe x |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Scooby Doo Date: 30 Jun 08 - 02:34 PM I could believe that Abuwood.As we have all said before Col K was everywhere. Scooby |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Abuwood Date: 30 Jun 08 - 02:13 PM I heard a lovely story while at the Wirral festival about stewards in the Green room at Banbury. They kept leaving the place in a mess, but finding it tidied up in the morning - something Colin would always do.. They said it was him coming back to help out... |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Fran Date: 28 Jun 08 - 10:17 AM Me too Scooby. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Scooby Doo Date: 28 Jun 08 - 04:21 AM I know he isn't about but i still look for him at festivals. Scooby |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: r.padgett Date: 28 Jun 08 - 03:43 AM Yes I will miss him too he was at very many of the festivals I attend and he always had time to chat Nice thought for Saddleworth ff ~ Alio! Warwick ff he will be irreplaceable! so much work put into the nuts and bolts of the festivals he worked at stewarding, which were many!! Ray |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Alio Date: 27 Jun 08 - 07:05 PM PS Sorry, I should have said that the event is at Saddleworth Folk Festival!!! |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Alio Date: 27 Jun 08 - 07:04 PM On Saturday afternoon, during the break in the Wars of the Roses event, there'll be a concert by the Shellbacks which is in memory / a celebration of Colin. He came to every festival, and I just can't imagine this year without him there. Ali x |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Pistachio Date: 27 Jun 08 - 06:21 PM Is that a beer or a bear Keith? He hugged like a cuddly bear and I've got an idea brewing for Warwick where I first met the gentle giant. Must get that photo of Col 'rescuing Linda Kelly at Saddleworth' out and on the scanner! Happy memories. Hazel. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: KeithWright Date: 25 Jun 08 - 04:18 PM Hope my spelling is better this time. If you visit Friends Reunited go Alsager College of Education Photos. It is Colin on the right - notice he has a bear in his hand |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: GUEST,aeola Date: 24 Jun 08 - 05:28 PM Well Warwick's coming up , he will certainly be missed there! |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Snuffy Date: 24 Jun 08 - 09:34 AM The Shellbacks sang the Farewell Shanty for Colin and the Alcester Firemen in our concert on Sunday. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Tig Date: 24 Jun 08 - 09:14 AM Don't know who thought it was good to crash this thread but I thought people (like me) who reopened it would like an update. His Mum has coped well. She's taken herself off to Whitby for the week as she has done since Col was small. We got a postcard from her this morning. His house is now on the market and she's got through a lot of the bags etc which came from there - but not all :-) She still talks about the fact he had so many unknown (to her)friends on the folk circuit and is pleased he was so well loved. I 'rehomed' all but an odd one of the 'Col K permahugs'. The Shellback Sweatshirt she gave me last time we were over is going to America with Micca to be included in the Getaway Silent Auction where it will raise money for a good cause. Thanks to all who wanted one. He is missed an awful lot by many people (including me) for himself - let alone by a lot of festival organisers. However he's still 'there' as when we need him past conversations/situations come to mind and it helps solve the problems. Love and hugs Tig xxx |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: nutty Date: 24 Jun 08 - 07:49 AM I'm sure that Col will be in the thoughts of lots of people as they find that he is missing from certain festivals. I know I shall be saddened not to see him. No hugs either. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Ruth Archer Date: 24 Jun 08 - 07:13 AM To compensate for the crass spam that has brought this thread back up to the top, I'd like to say that i was thinking about Colin the other day. I was making elderflower cordial, in preparation for the next stage which is elderflower and lemon vodka. The last time I made this was a few years ago. I brought it to Warwick and I remember sharing it with Colin and some of his team. I'll never forget his reaction... "That's bloody awful!" he grimaced. I found myself laughing as I was making it. Cheers, Col. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: KeithWright Date: 30 Sep 07 - 08:06 AM Its just over a week since Colin's mum phoned Ruth (my wife) and me with the news. She had only just found his address book. Writing about Col is hard. We met sometime in late 1968 (Nov pos) at Alsager College. Col had just started I had been there a year. Half way through his first year he had joined me and the crew running the college folk club. In 1982 we did a job swop - he was my best man in May I was his in August. We are going to miss getting home from work to find his sat outside our home waiting for for a coffee and my annual folk festival visit to Alcester wil be tinged with sadness. One last bit of information I think Col went to his first fesival at Whitby in 1975. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: GUEST,whitby elaine Date: 10 Sep 07 - 12:13 PM Colin and I go back a long way, probably more than 30 years, he used to turn up at The Mytholmroyd Dances and help to put out the chairs and tables. He made friends with my children and they still remember him. Our paths have crossed over the years, he's always been a great support and good friend. In more recent years we have worked together as part of the stewarding team at Whitby, this year he was finally given a Team Leader badge, something he had been joking about for years and which had never happened.(See Bekka's photo) During the week we shared a meal together and had our daily business meeting, these times I will treasure along with the big hug he gave me on the Friday night. He'd had a great week. I will miss him at lots of different places and feel enriched by his friendship. A sad loss. Elaine |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Schantieman Date: 10 Sep 07 - 08:34 AM Brilliant, Alison! :-) Steve |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Raggytash Date: 10 Sep 07 - 08:32 AM Only found out from Abuwood on Friday evening down at Yarmouth, both Wombat and myself are very shocked and saddened to lose such a good bloke as Colin. I cannot think of anything to add to the wonderful tributes already written here. Suffice to say we will both miss him, he truly was a gentleman in every sense of the word. Raggytash |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 10 Sep 07 - 08:28 AM There's a 'Lives Remembered' section in the EFDSS magazine that might benefit from an entry too. LTS |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Michael Date: 10 Sep 07 - 08:21 AM It occured to me that perhaps it would be good if somebody who knew Colin better than I did could submit an obituary to The Guardian's Other Lives (obits for 'non-famous people') http://www.guardian.co.uk/otherlives Mike |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Abuwood Date: 10 Sep 07 - 02:02 AM See funeral thread for origins ..... Colin's Funeral Song We set off early morning on a clear and sunny day We 'ad to go to Yarmouth, so we knew we could not stay. So driving down I wrote this for a very special gent, So if you couldn't be there you could 'ear just 'ow it went. They came from near they came from far, They filled up every pew, She knew 'e was a steward, But 'is mother never knew how much this Yorkshire lad was loved, From Brighton to Dundee. And they took a lot of food with them so they could 'ave their tea. Some they came by train or plane, Some they came by car, Some met up at the Rhubarb, so they could 'ave a jar. Then shared lifts together, so they would not be late But the car park was so full they 'ad to park outside the gate! The funeral directors came close to stand and stare, The vicar said he's never heard such singing like that there, They sang so loud, they sang so clear they, made the rafters ring! And 'e asked us were we free on Sunday – at his church to sing? There was a bit of crying, but the tissues they was shared, And lots and lots of hugging, as we all showed we cared. We loved 'im and we'll miss 'im, but life it still goes on. And we will all remember 'im when we join in this song. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Roughyed Date: 09 Sep 07 - 05:45 PM I've just got back from two weeks away from the Mudcat on holiday and then in London and am devastated to hear the news and to have missed the funeral. Colin helped me so much ten years ago when I was organising stewards for the first couple of Saddleworth festivals. His steady common sense was an absolute rock and it was always such a joy to bump into him at subsequent festivals. I don't know how he managed to feel like a dad to me when he was only four years older, but he did. You don't know what the meaning of anyone's life is until they have gone but now Colin's is clear - you only have to read the postings above. What a wonderful man! Love from Es and Chris until we meet again |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Verna Date: 09 Sep 07 - 03:14 PM Arived back in Ireland safe and sound although late! So glad that I came over for Colin, just as he always came over here for us. Prayers said for him at mass today by neighbours and friends here and late his afternoon they brought around a rose tree to be planted in his memory. (Lovely people here in this valley) Really delighted to have been able to see so many of Colins friends and ours and only wish it had been under better circumstances. Thank you Bob & Sue and Eileen & Maurice for your hospitality. Memories will never fade Verna |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: GUEST,GeordieCarole Date: 09 Sep 07 - 02:31 PM He'll be missed all over the folk world and beyond but he stays with us if we keep his memory alive - and we will. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: GUEST,Mike-Halifax uk Date: 08 Sep 07 - 05:17 PM Earth's loss and heavens gain. A true gentle-man in every sense of the word. Sadly missed. Mike |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: flaj Date: 08 Sep 07 - 04:19 PM I first met Col in 2002 at Whitby the year after I had covered for him at his Metropole Venue in 2001 when he was missing for some reason. I got to know him better in subsequent years and at other festivals including Warwick and wonder who will be big enough to fill the many empty spaces he has left. Hope you've gone to a better festival now big lad! Flaj. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Sooz Date: 08 Sep 07 - 03:48 AM Wherever it is he's gone to I hope that he will find A proper sort of Gardener of the Mr Harding Kind |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Emma B Date: 07 Sep 07 - 06:37 PM On behalf of Eileen, Maurice and Theresa: Thank you everyone who attended and helped to make this such a demonstration of how much Colin was apppreciated. The Lifeboat fund at the wake raised £215 in cash: further donations are yet to be received. On my own behalf may I thank the people mentioned above for providing a wonderful "send-off" and hospitality. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: GUEST,Bob & Pam Date: 07 Sep 07 - 06:26 PM What a character! Who's going to greet us now when we arrive at the various Fests? Spoke to his mum at the 'WAKE' and she said she had been thinking of a rather smaller occasion, and was not going to attend the slightly bigger 'VENUE'. In the event she was so pleased to see so many people celebrating his life with song, and rest assured it will stand her in good stead in the future knowing that the huge crowd who attended was only a small group compared to the number of people whose lives he had touched. RIP Col |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: Pistachio Date: 07 Sep 07 - 03:52 PM Home safe, and so glad I was able to join the resounding voices as Col went on his way. It was said on a previous post, and I thought of it last Sunday when I heard the news .. 'the only measure of your words and your deeds will be the love you leave behind when your done' Rest easy Colin, and know you were well loved. Hazel. x x |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: GUEST,Guest, Kate and Richard Date: 07 Sep 07 - 03:52 PM We just caught the local news (Yorkshire) before we left for the funeral. There was a brief item saying that the new lifeboat house inWhitby was formally being opened and a new inshore lifeboat named this afternoon. Is this synchronistic or what. Details http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/Duchess-of-Kent-opens-Whitby.3185497.jp |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Colin Kemp (Mudcatter Col K) 2 Sep 07 From: GUEST,rock chick Date: 07 Sep 07 - 03:41 PM sorry hit the wrong key just then. I was thinking about colin at 1pm today and said goodbye in my own way as i could not be there. shelagh |
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