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11 Sep 23 - 02:56 AM (#4181290) Subject: My friend Stan Hugill by C Roche From: GUEST,RJM STAN HUGILL an illustrated talk by Chris Roche My Friend Stan Who was my friend Stan? I first met Stan Hugill in November of 1972 when he and his boys Martin and Philip sang at Teachers Folk in the New Kent Road a whole day later I started looking for his then out of print book Shanties from the seven seas along the way I found his other books and started to collect recordings of the sea shanty as he had sung it. Over the years I gained greater interest in mercantile maritime history and the sea shanty collected books recordings and took aboard such an interest that I went to sea myself in square rigged sailing ships. Stan Hugill: came from a seafaring family he went to sea at an early age a young man aged 16 he was wrecked on his first overseas voyage and while ashore in New Zealand found he had a knack with languages he had a degree in oriental languages Japanese and Mandarin sponsored by his shipping company Blue Funnel, he could draw and paint, talk for hours and was something of a hypnotic speaker. He hoboed across the Americas North and South and the Caribbean he had to suddenly leave one port when the bombs fell he was there at several key points in history wrecked in the last big square rigger the British had taken as a POW WWII. Writer of 5 books including the seminal works `Shanties from the Seven Seas` and `Sailor Town` while serving as Bosun at the Outward Bound School Aberdovey. He trained boys at Gordonstoun school and sailed in the big four Mast barque `Passat` rescued from a scrap yard, was discovered and revered by British, American, French and Poles alike for his skill with song, history, language, knowledge of the sea, he worked with National Geographic looking to find Francis Drakes lead coffin and sea grave. My friend Stan An illustrated talk and personal reminisce runs for one hour and a half in story, song, sound clips and slides; Contact: sailor@chrisroche.co.uk 020 8647 1396 |
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11 Sep 23 - 02:56 AM (#4190220) Subject: My friend Stan Hugill by C Roche From: GUEST,RJM STAN HUGILL an illustrated talk by Chris Roche My Friend Stan Who was my friend Stan? I first met Stan Hugill in November of 1972 when he and his boys Martin and Philip sang at Teachers Folk in the New Kent Road a whole day later I started looking for his then out of print book Shanties from the seven seas along the way I found his other books and started to collect recordings of the sea shanty as he had sung it. Over the years I gained greater interest in mercantile maritime history and the sea shanty collected books recordings and took aboard such an interest that I went to sea myself in square rigged sailing ships. Stan Hugill: came from a seafaring family he went to sea at an early age a young man aged 16 he was wrecked on his first overseas voyage and while ashore in New Zealand found he had a knack with languages he had a degree in oriental languages Japanese and Mandarin sponsored by his shipping company Blue Funnel, he could draw and paint, talk for hours and was something of a hypnotic speaker. He hoboed across the Americas North and South and the Caribbean he had to suddenly leave one port when the bombs fell he was there at several key points in history wrecked in the last big square rigger the British had taken as a POW WWII. Writer of 5 books including the seminal works `Shanties from the Seven Seas` and `Sailor Town` while serving as Bosun at the Outward Bound School Aberdovey. He trained boys at Gordonstoun school and sailed in the big four Mast barque `Passat` rescued from a scrap yard, was discovered and revered by British, American, French and Poles alike for his skill with song, history, language, knowledge of the sea, he worked with National Geographic looking to find Francis Drakes lead coffin and sea grave. My friend Stan An illustrated talk and personal reminisce runs for one hour and a half in story, song, sound clips and slides; Contact: sailor@chrisroche.co.uk 020 8647 1396 |
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11 Sep 23 - 05:44 AM (#4190221) Subject: RE: My friend Stan Hugill by C Roche From: GUEST do we need to wear a jaunty blue sailor hat to listen? |
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11 Sep 23 - 05:44 AM (#4181301) Subject: RE: My friend Stan Hugill by C Roche From: GUEST do we need to wear a jaunty blue sailor hat to listen? |
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11 Sep 23 - 11:08 AM (#4181331) Subject: RE: My friend Stan Hugill by C Roche From: GUEST No |
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11 Sep 23 - 11:08 AM (#4190222) Subject: RE: My friend Stan Hugill by C Roche From: GUEST No |
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15 Sep 23 - 03:57 AM (#4190223) Subject: RE: My friend Stan Hugill by C Roche From: GUEST RE |
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15 Sep 23 - 03:57 AM (#4181677) Subject: RE: My friend Stan Hugill by C Roche From: GUEST RE |
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15 Sep 23 - 09:52 AM (#4181698) Subject: RE: My friend Stan Hugill by C Roche From: GUEST,Beachcomber I still have my precious copy of Stan's book of Shanties. I think that I bought it in Cecil Sharpe House many moons ago. A Wonderful publication. |
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15 Sep 23 - 09:52 AM (#4190224) Subject: RE: My friend Stan Hugill by C Roche From: GUEST,Beachcomber I still have my precious copy of Stan's book of Shanties. I think that I bought it in Cecil Sharpe House many moons ago. A Wonderful publication. |
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18 Sep 23 - 08:40 PM (#4181915) Subject: RE: My friend Stan Hugill by C Roche From: Charley Noble Thanks, RJM, for posting this. And thanks, Chris, for the guided tour of Ratcliff Highway that you provided me so many years ago. Cheerily, Charlie Ipcar |
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18 Sep 23 - 08:40 PM (#4190226) Subject: RE: My friend Stan Hugill by C Roche From: Charley Noble Thanks, RJM, for posting this. And thanks, Chris, for the guided tour of Ratcliff Highway that you provided me so many years ago. Cheerily, Charlie Ipcar |
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23 Sep 23 - 04:26 AM (#4182238) Subject: RE: My friend Stan Hugill by C Roche From: GUEST,RJM Chris is an authority on Shanties and Stan |
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23 Sep 23 - 04:26 AM (#4190225) Subject: RE: My friend Stan Hugill by C Roche From: GUEST,RJM Chris is an authority on Shanties and Stan |