tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38282612024-02-20T17:11:28.334+00:00Shyneford weblogWhat's new in Shynefordfredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-62540646873321501622017-02-28T11:34:00.000+00:002017-02-28T11:35:07.291+00:00Whole NewsChris Walsh has very kindly scanned in her collection of Whole News and you'll find them on Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/133523512@N02/albums/72157656454046580fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-47049006466993473272016-07-11T10:21:00.003+00:002016-07-13T09:27:54.135+00:00Reunion 2016
Picnic at St Catherine's
The latest reunion took place at St Catherine's Hill in Guildford, the scene of many an Arts Lab party and poetry reading. I missed last year's, but this year got a lift with Bob Hamblett and we arrived in plenty of time to have a quick pint at the Britannia and a swift drive around the town centre to see what had changed. Graham Clarke, Rosie, Loppy and Chrissie Walshfredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-65169250576195952082014-12-22T11:19:00.000+00:002014-12-22T11:23:46.794+00:00Poppa Ben Hook LPWell, it's taken 45 years, but I finally got a record deal for Guildford Arts Lab house band Poppa Ben Hook. It's a shared vinyl release from Record Collector with a band called Museum, which sounds rather like PBH, so is a good match. I'm still trying to track down Max Thomas and Roy MacGregor. It's due to be released 2 January and costs £23.84 in the UK. The story of my involvement with Poppa fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-70427594850444587912014-12-18T11:43:00.001+00:002014-12-18T11:43:34.672+00:00Jenny's scansJenny Millington (Parsons that was) has recently bought a film scanner - from Aldi at a bargain price, and here are some of her Shyneford-related photos. Top two are Graham Clarke, and below him what remened of Millbrook Cottage after demolition. Bottom are pics of the Cottage in happier times!
fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-33154292141973171452014-11-13T14:10:00.002+00:002014-11-26T12:17:15.067+00:00Clive Young RIP
Clive Young died on 18 October 2014 and his funeral took place at Christ Church, South Nutfield. Bob Hamblett gave me a lift there and there was a good turn out of ex-Arts Lab folk, including Graham Clarke (who read the tributes), Cherry Simpson, Dave Ambrose and Miranda, Mike Coote, Ba Phipps, Dion and Judy, Alina, John Degenhardt, Pete the Meat and many others. The funeral opened with Johnfredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-73672341245007148982010-10-19T12:07:00.000+00:002010-10-19T12:07:01.478+00:00Band Members | flyingvisit.org.ukFollowing on from the Poppa Ben Hook story, drummer Al Butcher contacted me recently. He's still drumming, in a band called Flying Visit.fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-34650462216493489942009-12-16T16:32:00.002+00:002009-12-16T16:34:50.264+00:00Moved the blog to blogspot, as Geocities is to close down. New address is http://www.shyneford.blogspot.com/ Moved hosting of the site to http://freddio.ueuo.com/shyneford/ as Geocities is being shut down by Yahoo!Didn't re-upload the Poppa Ben Hook MP3, but may well put it on MySpace at some point.fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-1160748771134116372006-10-13T14:10:00.000+00:002006-10-13T14:12:51.143+00:00Just converted the whole site to CSS - phew! Also added some photos of the excursion to Linda Robert's house for a fancy dress party where everyone went as saxons! Plus some photos sent to me by Jenny Parsons, including the Cottage in colour!fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-1155117078158142532006-08-09T09:49:00.000+00:002006-08-09T09:51:18.170+00:00Added an MP3 of 'Buzz' by Poppa Ben Hook - one of the shortest ones I have, digitized from an acetate.fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-1154079009794418662006-07-28T09:26:00.000+00:002006-07-28T09:30:09.806+00:00Added some photos to People 4, including a photo Gillie (Bennett) Squires sent me, possibly by Paul Clamp. She wonders if someone could identify the location by that Pete Townshend poster. Also added a pic of Bob Thomas RIP jamming on guitar taken at a free festival down in Holcolme Rogus. But who is that banjo player? And another pic of Clive Young, possibly inside Millbrook Cottage.fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-1153756874674024312006-07-24T16:00:00.000+00:002006-07-24T16:02:03.296+00:00Added some photos to People 3 to get rid of the temp dupes, and to Places, mainly grainy photos of the half-demolished Millbrook Cottage.fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-1153735435084266842006-07-24T10:00:00.000+00:002006-07-24T10:03:55.093+00:00It was Graham Clarke's surprise 60th birthday party over the weekend, first at l'auberge at the Onslow Arms, West Clandon on Saturday night, then a picnic at Rack's Close on the Sunday (with a few of us going to the King's Head for a pint after. Some photos here, on Flickr.fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-830658212002-10-16T15:41:00.000+00:002002-10-16T15:41:48.353+00:00When did I see David Bowie in Guildford? According to www.bowiewonderworld.com/tours/tour58.htm it was either 11 or 14 March 1969, as Feathers, with John 'Hutch' Hutchinson in the upstairs Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Club, as part of Rick Welton's Guildford Festival.fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-825111992002-10-04T11:38:00.000+00:002002-10-04T11:40:49.000+00:00Just added a page on Arts Lab gigs (the ones I know about!!) click the link on the home page!
This weblog thing is very strange -- you really should start from the bottom and read upwards!! Found an amazing website that lists all David Bowie's gigs, including the time he played with Hutch in Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud theatre upstairs studio in March 1969. Part of the Guildford festival's late fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-824728172002-10-03T16:37:00.000+00:002002-10-04T11:46:58.000+00:00An excursion! Free Festival at Holcolme Court, Holcolme Rogus -- a commune set up by Nick Black in Somerset (?)
Friday 18 September 1970 featured Quintessence, Marsupilami, Loadstone, Phoenix Press
We went down there a year later with Poppa Ben Hook, and on the way back called in at the very first Glastonbury Fayre!!fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-824723422002-10-03T16:25:00.000+00:002002-10-03T17:00:34.000+00:0019 September 1970: Formerly Fat Harry (with ex-Country Joe's Bruce Barthol), Poppa Ben Hook, Frendz, and Crysanthemum at the Youth Centre, Haydon Place
23 October 1970: Tir Na Nog, Poppa Ben Hook, Band of Hope and Glory, and Crysanthemum at the Youth Centre Gym
7 November 1970: Jelly Bread, Marble Orchard, Poppa Ben Hook, Exhibit 'A' and the Paranoids, University Hall, Stag Hill
19 December fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-824716312002-10-03T16:08:00.000+00:002002-10-03T16:08:50.716+00:00More Arts lab dates:
17 January 1970: Bridget St John!! best act yet! plus film 'Relativity'
24 January 1970: Dylan film 'Don't look back' -- I did a really nice poster for it!
After that I think Bridget asked John Martyn to do a gig and he in turn brought Al Stewart along with him!!
4 March 1970: The assassination of William Blake as performed by the inmates of Guildford Arts Lab under the fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-824711132002-10-03T15:56:00.000+00:002002-10-03T17:02:55.000+00:00Reading through my Journals (should be getting on with some work!!) and found some Arts Lab dates:
All at the Youth Centre annexe, formerly the Officer's Mess Territorial Army HQ, Leapale Lane -- later became the Bellerby theatre I think!
22 November 1969: Heron, a small acoustic group plus Clive (up from Sussex) with Paul Clamp and Bryn Davis and Graham back from his PO course!! Chris Gange fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-824630762002-10-03T12:25:00.000+00:002002-10-03T14:10:14.000+00:00trying to get this blog sorted!!
Despite many people thinking so – I never did live at Millbrook Cottage! I first encountered Shyneford when the band I was in – Helix – played at an Arts Lab gig at the Stoke Hotel late 1968. Clive Young, Graham Clarke and Poppa Ben Hook were on the bill, I think!. It was where I met Schoolgirl Jenny. She wrote to me (got my address in Clapham Junction off Steve fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828261.post-824103832002-10-02T10:55:00.000+00:002002-10-03T14:15:44.000+00:00Added some links to links page. Also added lots more people photos to people2 and people3.
The first place I lived in Shyneford was at 38 Wodeland Avenue (not 26!) in a crummy bedsit for 2 weeks. I then moved to a front room in a flat in 19 Harvey Road, sharing with two law students. Moved to 7 Mill Lane end of July. I think the deal was that Gus was moving to Wimbledon with 'Groovy' Rob fredbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149107753127167063noreply@blogger.com0