.Stan Hugill

1906 -1992
 

 About Stan
By

Bronwen Hugill-Gowers
        (Stan's widow)

"When no Shanteyman is left to sing, our whole world will have gone completely to the dogs"

The Day I Met Stan
By
Others

Everyone is invited to add their own personal memories to this page, as either written or audio files
But please e-mail or write with them to us first at :-
ken@chanteycabin.co.uk

         Date of Birth - November 19th 1906. Hoylake Cheshire UK
         Died - May 13th 1992 Aberystwyth, Wales.
         Diploma - Japanese, Oriental & African School London University 1948
         Seaman - 1922 /1945. The last shantyman to sail on the last British
                  Commercial sailing ship the 'Garthpool'
         Instructor Outward Bound Sea School - 1950 /1975
         Marine Artist - 1978 - 1992 - Producing some 250 marine oil paintings
         Author - Shanties from the Seven Sea
                        Sailor Town
                        Shanties and Sailor Songs
                        Sea Shanties
                        Songs of the Seas
         Radio and Television Broadcaster

The Sinking of the Garthpool In Stan's own words........
The Zenith of My Career -Marked with a Kiss By Stan