Maritime Weekend 6Th – 9Th April 2007 Good Friday to Easter Monday Lancaster District’S 19Th Annual Celebration of Sea Songs, Shanties and Matters Maritime

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PROGRAMME FREE G LASSON Maritime Weekend 6th – 9th April 2007 Good Friday to Easter Monday Lancaster District’s 19th Annual Celebration of Sea Songs, Shanties and Matters Maritime.

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TIMETABLE for Saturday, Sunday and Express Vintage Bank Holiday Monday, 7th to 9th April 2007. Full service between Glasson & Lancaster, incorporating Glasson Maritime Weekend Classic Coach Express and Coach Service Stagecoach service bus. The service links Lancaster Depart Lancaster Depart Glasson Dock Maritime Museum with Glasson 0840 S 0805 S 0930 C 1000 C bus stop. It is operated by 1030 C 1015 S Cumbria Classic Coaches, using 1040 S 1100 C three of their fleet, Florence, 1130 C 12 noon C Laurence and Harvey. 1230 C 1215 S 1240 S 1400 C Florence – a 1400 C 1415 S luxury-built 1948 1430 C 1430 C AEC Regal III 1440 S 1500 C coach, with 33 1500 C 1530 C seats. She was 1530 C 1600 C commissioned 1600 C 1615 S by Florence 1640 S 1630 C Motors of Morecambe and 1700 C 1800 C used in the resort for local and long distance 1830 C 1815 S excursions, over many years. She appears in her 1840 S 1900 C original green and cream livery. 1930 C 2015 S 2040 S 2215 S Laurence – 2240 S 2330 C (Sunday only) a solidly built Guy Arab III, 2400 C (Saturday only) with 31 seats. 0015 C (Tues. am only) Built in 1951 for long distance Important Notes business and S = The Wyre Villager Service 86 & 89, operated by originally owned Stagecoach, runs from Lancaster to Fleetwood, calling at by Lancashire Glasson. Leaves from Lancaster Bus Station and Glasson United Transport. Bus Stop. Full Wyre Villager service timetables available from Lancaster Bus Station, Lancaster TIC and Festival Harvey – a 1959 Information Point. example of the C= Special Festival Service, operated by Cumbria Classic legendary Bristol Coaches. Departs from and arrives at Lancaster Maritime Lodekka (so Museum, St George’s Quay and Glasson Bus Stop. called because Please note that the late night service will terminate in of its low overall Lancaster city centre at Common Garden Street bus stop, height). In the not at the Maritime Museum. Also, the late night bus, 50s and 60s, this departing 0015 on Tuesday 10th April, will leave from type of vehicle outside the Performance Marquee, not Glasson Bus Stop. was a common sight throughout the British Isles. Finally, all Cumbria Classic Coach festival express services Harvey is unusual in that he was built new as a stop at the Stork Inn, Conder Green, about 5/6 minutes convertible open-topper – the roof being before arrival at, or after departure from, Glasson. detachable, for summer use. The vehicle has 60 Classic Coach fares seats and was originally used by Crossville Motor Services of Chester. Harvey will operate Single £1.50 all classes Late Night Bus single to Lancaster, £2 all classes the late night return service to Lancaster. MarFest Prog 2007 2 21/3/07 11:16 AM Page 3

G LASSON Maritime Weekend Lancaster District’s 19th Annual Celebration of Sea Songs, Shanties and Matters Maritime. Featuring the World’s Biggest Gathering of the Finest Sea Song & Shanty Singers Including: Hughie Jones • Stormalong John • Louis Killen • Sid Kipper • Dick Miles Andy Kenna • Johnny Collins • Jim Mageean • The Shanty Crew Derek Gifford • Steve Dawes & Helen Pitt • Geoff Higginbottom Keith Kendrick • Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman • Three Sheets to the Wind One Sheet Short • LocTup Together • Paul Sirman • Four ‘n’ Aft • Bitter End Tim Laycock • Richard Grainger • The Endeavour Shantymen Trim Rig & A Doxy • Monkey’s Fist

Supported by a vast array of maritime themed entertainments and activities, with: Ships-in-Bottles and Knot-tying & Ropework Demonstrations Kipperland – A Celebration of the King of the Sea Coracle Demonstrations and Display The Strangelings’ Ancient Mariners • Bell & Bullock Circus Theatre Professor Chandler’s & Robanti’s Punch & Judy Inner State Theatre Co’s Nautical Dramas Artizani’s ‘The Lifeboat’ and ‘The Punt’ Street Theatre HM Coastguard, RNLI, RSPB, The Ramblers’ Association and Mission to Seafarers stands and displays Artists CDs from The Chantey Cabin Talks by Roy Palmer • Guided Walks • Mr Tranter’s Pussers Rum Promotion Visits by RV Coastal Guardian, classic fishing boat ‘Master Frank’ and other vessels

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THE FESTIVAL

elcome to Glasson Maritime Weekend 2007, the world’s biggest gathering of sea song and shanty performers and Britain’s premier celebration of Wmaritime culture. This year, Lancaster District’s annual feast, featuring all things nautical, has weighed anchor and sailed downstream to the historic C18th port of Glasson Dock, where the River Lune and Lancaster Canal meet the sea. Still a working port, Glasson began to be developed by the Lancaster Port Commission, in 1779, to accommodate the bigger ships, which could not easily make their way up the river to Lancaster. The sea dock, opened in 1787, is a little over two acres in size. Looking at it today, it is difficult to imagine that it could hold 25 large merchant sailing ships. A branch of the Lancaster Canal arrived here in 1826, terminating at the seven acre canal basin and linked to the sea dock by locks. A dry dock was excavated around 1840, to provide a ship building and repairing facility. The firm of James Nicholson leased the site from the Port Commissioners and, although the dry dock has been filled in, the successor company is still on Nicholson’s site, manufacturing motor vehicle silencers. It was here that the tall ship, ‘Ryelands’, was built in 1887, for the china clay trade. The vessel later became a film star, appearing as The Pequod in Moby Dick and as The Hispaniola in Treasure Island. She ended her days as an attraction on Morecambe seafront, before sadly being destroyed by fire. This year’s festivities will be focussed on the two greens, either side (East and West) of the sea lock, at the centre of Glasson and also at the ‘Canal Village’, specially erected on the edge of the canal basin, by the British Waterways car park, two or three minutes walk from the centre. In addition, Glasson’s Dalton Arms pub and the Stork Inn, at nearby Conder Green, will be hosting sea song and shanties, while the parish church provides the venue for afternoon talks. Visitors are particularly warned to ‘Beware the Press Gang’, which will be scouring the old port in search of recruits to join King George’s Navy, in their fight against Bonaparte! For those who would like to explore the area further, there will be daily guided walks looking at the port and its environs, with longer coast, countryside and canal walks, on the Sunday and Monday, exploring the area’s picturesque scenery. The festival’s special classic coach service will also be running again this year, providing a direct link with Lancaster quayside’s Maritime Museum, enabling festivalgoers to visit both Glasson and the Maritime Museum, during their stay. The coach service will also call at Conder Green’s Stork Inn.

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VENUES The Maritime Weekend festivities encompass much of Glasson and beyond, to Conder Green. However, there will be two focal points of activity: the green areas adjacent to the dock and either side of the sea lock (East Quay Green and West Quay Green) and the temporary Canal Village, which will be situated on the eastern end of the Canal Basin. The Dalton Arms pub; Christ Church parish church and The Stork Inn, Conder Green, also provide venues. On West Quay Green The green will host two of the annual maritime festival’s most popular entertainments, Punch & Judy and nautical (tongue-in-cheek) dramas. This year the Punch & Judy Palace hosts shows by Professors Chandler and Robanti. Nearby, Inner State Theatre Co will be presenting twice daily performances of their maritime-themed shows. The full running orders are in the Diary section. Both entertainments take place throughout the weekend, Saturday to Bank Holiday Monday. On East Quay Green Here will be found the Sea Song & Shanty Tent, offering a full programme, Saturday to Bank Holiday Monday, from late morning until teatime. The adjacent maritime crafts pavilion features expert ships-in-bottles and knot-tying & ropework demonstrations. There will also be stands and displays, representing HM Coastguard; the Mission to Seafarers; RSPB and the Ramblers’ Association. The Chantey Cabin selling the best range of shanty CDs and related materials that you are likely to find, will be located across the way, next to the swing bridge. The festival’s Information Point will also be here. The displays and stalls open from approximately 10.30am to 5.30pm, Saturday to Bank Holiday Monday. The Dalton Arms and Stork Inn These two pubs will be entering into the spirit of the Maritime Weekend, both serving real ale and the best of pub grub. They host sea song and shanty performances on the Friday night; Saturday and Sunday afternoons and evenings and Bank Holiday Monday afternoon (The Stork) and early evening (Dalton Arms) - see Diary for full information. The RNLI local fundraisers stall will be located outside the Dalton Arms. The Stork is about 10-15 minutes walk from Glasson village, via the coastal footpath and cycleway. The festival’s special express classic coach service also stops at The Stork, as does the regular service bus. Full details are given in the coach & bus service timetable (page 2). Around the Old Port In recent years, it has become customary for Glasson to be populated at Easter with a curious array of nautical characters - this year will be no exception. Look out, over the Weekend, for ancient mariners; a pirate astride a giant parrot, accompanied by a mermaid 7 Continued on page 9 MarFest Prog 2007 2 21/3/07 11:17 AM Page 8 MarFest Prog 2007 2 21/3/07 11:17 AM Page 9

VENUES (continued) with seahorses; two shipwrecked sailors in a lifeboat and a pair of vacant twits, navigating their punt along the street! Visitors should also be on the look out for the press gang, scouring the quayside in search of recruits for the King’s Navy. Willing volunteers, who seek glory serving King & Country and wish to bring about the downfall of Bonaparte, should report to Captain Gardner, at his Rendezvous. Christ Church, Glasson The Church is situated on the outskirts of the village, near the canal, and is accessible both from the main road into Glasson and the towpath. It was built in 1840 to a design by Edmund Sharpe, with additions by Austin & Paley, in 1931–2. The Church will be open to visitors for much of the Easter Weekend. It provides the venue for a talk each afternoon, Saturday to Bank Holiday Monday, given by Roy Palmer. Following the talks, parishioners will provide refreshments, with profits going to Church funds. Full details of the Christ Church Easter Services and other religious activities, are given in a separate advert. The Canal Village Temporarily erected on the eastern edge of the canal basin, The Canal Village will include The Paddy West Performance Marquee and adjacent Blue Anchor tavern; coracle displays; Kipperland; a small number of catering concessions and public conveniences. The Paddy West Performance Marquee will be the festival’s main sea song and shanty venue, with performances on Good Friday evening and then from 11am till late, on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The venue hosts the renowned ‘Last Night Do’, on Bank Holiday Monday evening. This is the only festival event with a charge, all other entertainments and activities being free. Tickets for the Last Night Do cost £9 and are available from Lancaster Tourist Information Centre, at the Chantey Cabin during the Weekend and, if still available, on the door. Linked to the Paddy West Performance Marquee, The Blue Anchor Tavern, selling bottles and cans, opens at 7pm on Good Friday, 11am Saturday to Bank Holiday Monday and closes at 11pm Good Friday; 11.45pm Saturday, 11.15pm Sunday and midnight on Monday. The Coffee Cow tea and coffee bar and the Great Baked Potato Co stall will be nearby, open from early until late. On the Water Subject to final confirmation, we hope to welcome The Environment Agency’s Coastal Guardian Research Vessel. If in port, it is likely to be moored in the canal basin and open for public visits. We also expect a number of small historic craft to arrive in the Dock, including Master Frank, a Ramsay half-decker, built in 1895, visiting from the Isle of Man.

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ACCESS & SAFETY

lasson and its immediate coast and countryside are very special, relatively remote areas of high landscape and ecological value. We are unequivocally encouraging Gall visitors to try and use an alternative to car travel. Realising, though, that some people will need to arrive by car, British Waterway’s large car park, at the entrance to the village, will provide the official festival car park - see map for location. There will be a £3 daily charge. There will also be an overspill car park contingency. A limited number of camper vans (not caravans) can be accommodated, on a first come / first serve basis and for which there will be an additional charge (Tel. 01524 582810 for further information). If you are travelling by car and know of anyone else planning to do so, please consider car sharing. There is a limited bus service linking Lancaster, Glasson, Knott End and Fleetwood. We will be enhancing this service, by providing a special express link (Saturday to Bank Holiday Monday) between Lancaster Maritime Museum, The Stork Inn and Glasson, including late-night return from Glasson – see page 2 for full details. The area is also accessible on foot and by cycle, with the coastal footpath and cycleway directly linking Lancaster, Conder Green and Glasson. Some temporary cycle racks will be provided in the car park. Sharing a taxi could also be a relatively low cost way of travelling to and from Lancaster – telephone numbers available from Lancaster TIC and the Festival Information Point. It is also possible, of course, to come by canal or sea! Wheelchair access, with assistance, should be available to all the main venues, but please contact the two pubs direct, should you require special assistance or have particular requirements or needs.

IMPORTANT NOTICES Please take extra care when near the sea dock and canal basin and especially keep a watchful eye on children in your care. Walkers & Cyclists – The roads and lanes around Glasson do not have pavements and will be very busy. Wear something bright / reflective if venturing onto them, particularly at night, and observe the Highway Code. A limited stock of free ‘dayglo’ reflective waistcoats will be available, for walkers and cyclists, at the festival information point – please only take one if you intend to use it over the Weekend. If you are likely to be walking between venues in the dark, to be safe, bring and use a reliable torch. MOTORISTS, please look out for cyclists, horseriders and pedestrians, who might be just around the next bend! Finally, relax, enjoy and have fun!

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THE PERFORMERS

lthough the change of berth has led to a reduction in crew, this year's maritime celebration still brings together the biggest single gathering of sea song & shanty Aperformers that you are likely to find anywhere on land or sea. We have been fortunate in signing up an indomitable crew, comprising some of the finest sea songsters & shantymen, who will arrive from all points of the compass. A strong contingency arrives from the NE, with Richard Grainger; The Endeavour Shantymen; Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman; Steve Dawes & Helen Pitt; stalwart of the tradition, Louis Killen and Jim Mageean - the latter, returning after several years shore leave! From the NW, we welcome Andy Kenna; Derek Gifford; LocTup Together; Trim Rig & A Doxy; the ebullient Stormalong John and Britain's most famous folk singer, Hughie Jones. Arriving in port from southern parts are Johnny Collins; The Shanty Crew; Bitter End; Paul Sirman; Tim Laycock and Sid Kipper. Completing the crew are Keith Kendrick; shantymen, Monkey's Fist and various combinations of the above - Three Sheets to the Wind; One Sheet Short & Four 'n' Aft. Some have come aboard for the duration, others for a watch or two - check the programme's Diary section for full information on who is performing where and when. We know that this unique company will provide you with the opportunity to savour a full array of maritime music, from the forebitters sung in the sailor's leisure time, through the 'full on' exhilarating sounds of the shantyman and his crew, to new self-penned compositions, poignantly maintaining our nation's affinity with the sea and matters maritime. All in all, a memorable experience. Also, not to be forgotten, are those additional people, who will be undertaking essential Master of Ceremonies duties and running singarounds, namely Ali O'Brien; Sylvia Needham; Kerry & Mandy Hearne and the omnipresent (in various guises) Production Team, without whom…! Stop Press! Fleetwood RNLI to Visit Glasson Maritime Weekend

Subject to operational demands, Fleetwood's lifeboat is expected in port around 2.15pm on Saturday 7th April and will be berthed opposite the Dalton Arms. A short ceremony will follow, when a representative of Glasson's Fleetwood Lifeboat fundraising group will present a cheque to the value of £1,500, to Captain John Hayes, Operations Manager, Fleetwood RNLI. The lifeboat is expected to leave at about 3pm.

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Thank You! The Glasson Maritime Weekend has been organised and funded by Lancaster City Council’s Cultural Services. It would not be possible without the generosity of our Sponsors and Supporters: Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board; Northwest Regional Development Agency; St Nicholas Arcades, Lancaster; DONG Energy; Pussers Rum; The Environment Agency; Folkus (North West Folk Arts Agency); The Sea Fish Industry Authority; Lancashire County Council Environment Directorate; Evans Marquee Hire; Mayoh Press; The Drawing Room and our loyal crew of Shipmates. The assistance and co-operation of Lancaster Port Commission; British Waterways; Christ Church Glasson; Glasson Action Partnership; Lancashire Constabulary; Arvin Meritor, Glasson and Lancaster City Council Direct Services, is greatly appreciated.

Absent Friends We had looked forward to welcoming the preserved Mersey tug Brocklebank, in port again this Easter, as the vessel and crew are always popular with visitors. Sadly, however, the death of skipper Captain John (JT) Temple at the age of 66 in January, combined with unfavourable tidal conditions, means that she will be absent this year.

JT was a former Mersey pilot who’s death, in the words of his obituary in the Liverpool Daily Post, ‘…robs not only the North West, but the entire country, of a dynamic force in ship preservation who led from the front’.

We hope that JT’s vision and work will continue and that Glasson will be privileged to host the Brocklebank again, some time in the future.

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Good Friday 6th April Saturday continued The Paddy West Performance 9.15 INTERVAL 9.25 SID KIPPER Marquee Good Friday 10.25 HUGHIE JONES Doors open 7.15pm MCS – The Production Team 11.00 STORMALONG JOHN with BITTER END 7.45 KEITH KENDRICK 11.40 Venue closes 8.30 DICK MILES 9.15 Interval The Sea Song & Shanty Tent Saturday 9.25 TIM LAYCOCK 11.30 TRIM RIG & A DOXY 10.00 DAVE WEBBER & ANNI FENTIMAN 12 noon DEREK GIFFORD 12.30 KEITH KENDRICK Dalton Arms Good Friday 1.00 FOUR ‘N’ AFT MC – Derek Gifford 1.30 DICK MILES 9.30 DEREK GIFFORD 2.00 JIM MAGEEAN 10.00 PAUL SIRMAN 2.30 BITTER END 10.30 LOCTUP TOGETHER 3.00 JOHNNY COLLINS 3.30 DAVE WEBBER & ANNI FENTIMAN Good Friday Stork Inn 4.00 ENDEAVOUR SHANTYMEN MCS – Bitter End 4.30 LOUIS KILLEN 7.30 BITTER END 5.00 Venue Closes 8.15 STEVE DAWES & HELEN PITT 8.55 Interval Dalton Arms Saturday 9.05 GEOFF HIGGINBOTTOM MC – Sylvia Needham 9.50 JOHNNY COLLINS 3.30 HUGHIE JONES 4.00 TIM LAYCOCK Saturday 7th April 4.30 KEITH KENDRICK with SYLVIA NEEDHAM The Paddy West Performance 5.00 RICHARD GRAINGER 5.30 Session closes Marquee Saturday Evening session MCS – Trim Rig & A Doxy Doors Open 10.45am MC – Ali O’Brien 9.30 TRIM RIG & A DOXY 11.00 FOUR ‘N’ AFT 10.00 BITTER END 11.40 BITTER END 10.30 JOHNNY COLLINS 12.15 ‘Ghosts & Shipwrecks’, John Masefield’s 11.00 ENDEAVOUR SHANTYMEN Salt Water Ballads, Part One – ANDY KENNA Stork Inn Saturday 12.50 JOHNNY COLLINS 1.25 HUGHIE JONES MC – Paul Sirman AUL IRMAN 1.50 TIM LAYCOCK 12.15 P S 2.25 Interval 12.45 DAVE WEBBER & ANNI FENTIMAN RIM IG OXY 2.35 LOUIS KILLEN 1.15 T R & A D 3.10 ‘A Sailor’s Life’, John Masefield’s Salt Water 1.45 DEREK GIFFORD Ballads, Part Two – ANDY KENNA 2.15 ENDEAVOUR SHANTYMEN 3.45 THE SHANTY CREW 3.00 Session closes 4.20 JIM MAGEEAN Evening session MCS – Four ‘n’ Aft & Ali O’Brien 4.55 DICK MILES 7.30 FOUR ‘N’ AFT 5.30 Venue Closes and Salty Seafarer’s Singaround 8.00 ANDY KENNA commences, in adjacent ‘BLUE ANCHOR’, led by 8.30 DICK MILES Kerry and Mandy Hearne 9.00 TIM LAYCOCK Doors Open 7.00pm MCS – The Production Team 9.30 Interval 7.30 PAUL SIRMAN 9.40 JIM MAGEEAN 8.05 ONE SHEET SHORT 10.10 LOUIS KILLEN 8.40 DAVE WEBBER & ANNI FENTIMAN 10.40 SHANTY CREW

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Saturday continued Sunday continued Talk in Christ Church Saturday The Sea Song & Shanty Tent Sunday 1.00 ‘1807 and all that – Songs Against Slavery’, 11.30 ANDY KENNA by ROY PALMER 12 noon JIM MAGEEAN 12.30 TIM LAYCOCK On West Quay Green Saturday 1.00 SHANTY CREW Punch & Judy with PROFESSOR CHANDLER at 12 noon, 2.00 & 4.30 1.30 BITTER END 2.00 TRIM RIG & A DOXY INNER STATE THEATRE CO present ‘Pirates Adrift’ at 1.00 & 3.00. 2.30 LOUIS KILLEN 3.00 PAUL SIRMAN Guided Walks Saturday 3.30 DICK MILES Meet at grassed area, adjacent to village public conveniences. 4.00 HUGHIE JONES Explore Glasson: Guided Walk around the old Port and 4.30 JOHNNY COLLINS environs, led by DR ANDREW WHITE at 1.30 & 5.00. 5.00 FOUR ‘N’ AFT Easter Sunday 8th April 5.30 Venue Closes The Paddy West Performance Dalton Arms Sunday Marquee Sunday MC – Andy Kenna Doors Open 10.45am 3.30 ANDY KENNA 4.00 DAVE WEBBER & ANNI FENTIMAN MCS – The Production Team & Ali O’Brien 4.30 SHANTY CREW 11.00 TRIM RIG & A DOXY 5.00 Session Closes 11.35 ENDEAVOUR SHANTYMEN Evening session MCS – Kerry & Mandy Hearne 12.10 LOUIS KILLEN 8.30 PAUL SIRMAN 12.45 JOHNNY COLLINS 9.00 HUGHIE JONES 1.20 DAVE WEBBER & ANNI FENTIMAN 2.00 Interval 9.30 DICK MILES 10.00 STORMALONG JOHN 2.15 SID KIPPER 10.30 THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND 3.15 TIM LAYCOCK 3.50 JIM MAGEEAN Talk in Christ Church Sunday 4.25 THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND 1.00 ‘The Plimsoll Line: Songs and the Story of 5.00 STORMALONG JOHN with BITTER END Samuel Plimsoll’, by ROY PALMER 5.30 Venue Closes and Salty Seafarer’s Singaround commences, in adjacent ‘BLUE ANCHOR’, led by Stork Inn Sunday SYLVIA NEEDHAM MC – Sylvia Needham Doors Open 7.00pm MCS – The Production Team 12.15 THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND 7.30 RICHARD GRAINGER 12.45 HUGHIE JONES 8.00 FOUR ‘N’ AFT 1.15 FOUR ‘N’ AFT 8.30 JIM MAGEEAN 2.00 STORMALONG JOHN 9.05 Interval 2.30 ENDEAVOUR SHANTYMEN 9.15 DAVE WEBBER & ANNI FENTIMAN 3.00 Session Closes 9.50 LOUIS KILLEN Evening session MCS – Ali O’Brien & Shanty Crew 10.25 TIM LAYCOCK 7.30 MONKEY’S FIST 11.00 Venue Closes 8.00 TRIM RIG & A DOXY 8.30 BITTER END 9.00 Interval 9.10 SHANTY CREW 9.45 ANDY KENNA 10.20 JOHNNY COLLINS

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Easter Sunday continued Monday continued Guided Walks & Cycle Ride Sunday 10.40 HUGHIE JONES Meet at grassed area, adjacent to village public conveniences. 11.10 STORMALONG JOHN with BITTER END Explore Glasson: Guided Walk around the old Port 11.40 ‘All Hands On Deck’ for the Finale and environs, led by JANET NELSON, AT 1.30 & 5.00. Midnight Venue Closes Cockersands Abbey Walk, led by MIKE SHEARING The Sea Song & Shanty Tent Monday & JOY GREENWOOD at 2.30. (Please read advice in walks section of Programme, before undertaking this walk) 12 noon ANDY KENNA Sea, Song & Sails: Return cycle ride to Glasson 12.40 STEVE DAWES & HELEN PITT Maritime Weekend. Meet at 11am at Lancaster’s 1.20 DICK MILES Millenium Bridge with optional return at 2pm. 2.00 LOUIS KILLEN 2.40 MONKEY’S FIST On West Quay Green Sunday 3.20 SHANTY CREW Punch & Judy with PROFESSOR CHANDLER at 4.00 Venue Closes 11.30, 1.30, 2.45 & 4.30 INNER STATE THEATRE CO present Dalton Arms Monday ‘Cooking Up A Storm’ at 12.30 & 3.30. MCS – TRIM RIG & A DOXY Bank Holiday Monday 9th April 5.00 TRIM RIG & A DOXY 5.40 DEREK GIFFORD The Paddy West Performance 6.20 SHANTY CREW Marquee Monday 7.00 Session Closes Doors Open 10.45 am MC – Ali O’Brien Stork Inn Monday 11.00 DICK MILES MCS – Monkey’s Fist & Geoff Higginbottom 11.35 GEOFF HIGGINBOTTOM 12.15 MONKEY’S FIST 12.10 JOHNNY COLLINS 1.00 PAUL SIRMAN 12.45 STORMALONG JOHN with BITTER END 1.45 GEOFF HIGGINBOTTOM 1.20 ANDY KENNA 2.30 HUGHIE JONES 1.55 LOCTUP TOGETHER 3.15 STORMALONG JOHN 2.30 Interval 4.00 Session Closes 2.40 TRIM RIG & A DOXY 3.10 DEREK GIFFORD On West Quay Green Monday 3.45 PAUL SIRMAN Punch & Judy with PROFESSOR ROBANTI at 4.20 HUGHIE JONES 12 noon, 2.00 & 4.00. 4.55 LOUIS KILLEN INNER STATE THEATRE CO present ‘Pirates Adrift’ 5.30 Venues Closes and Lancashire Landlubbers at 1.00 & 3.00. Singaround commences, in adjacent ‘BLUE ANCHOR’ Talk in Christ Church Monday Glasson Maritime Weekend 2007 1.00 ‘Putting a Tune to the Shout: Sailors Songs and ‘LAST NIGHT DO’ Shanties, as seen by the Poet, JohnMasefield’, by

Doors Open 6.45pm ROY PALMER. Ph Mik C i MCS – Paul Sirman & Derek Gifford Guided Walks Monday 7.00 PAUL SIRMAN Meet at grassed area, adjacent to village public conveniences. 7.30 GEOFF HIGGINBOTTOM 11.15 Thurnham Fields & Towpath Walk, led by 8.00 ANDY KENNA BRIAN & SHEILA JONES. (Please read advice in walks 8.30 DICK MILES section of Programme, before undertaking this walk) 9.00 SHANTY CREW Explore Glasson: Guided Walk around the old Port 9.30 Interval and environs, led by JANET NELSON, at 1.30 & 5.00. 9.40 DEREK GIFFORD 10.00 LOUIS KILLEN

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EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENTS

nce more, for the delight of shipmates and seaside-fun-lovers, we can announce the arrival in port of the celebrated Mr Punch and his Wife, Judy. This time-honoured Odramatic entertainment will be undertaken by Professors Chandler & Robanti, both members of the distinguished and learned College of Punch & Judy Professors. In an adjacent booth, on West Quay Green, Lancaster’s own Inner State Theatre Co will be performing ‘Pirates Adrift’, a tale of inept skulduggery and ‘Cooking Up A Storm’, the story of James Cook, the boy, whose mother said, would go far. Over on East Quay Green, is the maritime crafts pavilion, featuring craftsmen and demonstrators, Des Newton and Eric Greenough. Des is arguably the country’s leading exponent of putting ships in bottles and was previously employed to display the craft at the National Maritime Museum on Merseyside. Eric is a member of the International Guild of Knot-Tyers, as well as an auxiliary coastguard. The pavilion and displays will be open over the three days, Saturday to Bank Holiday Monday. When out and about, it is possible that visitors will encounter a curious cavalcade of maritime miscellanea. Look out for Captain Bullock, astride his giant parrot, accompanied by a beautiful mermaid, with prancing seahorses; the amazing Strangelings dredged-up ancient mariners; a shipwrecked Captain and Boatswain’s mate, adrift in their lifeboat since 1786 and two not very bright Oxbridge undergraduate’s, blissfully unaware of reality and physics, as they take their punt around Glasson’s streets. Moving on to the Canal Village, regular visitors to the District’s annual maritime celebration will find something new, as we welcome ‘Coracle Man’, Dave Purvis and ‘Kipperman’, Mike Smylie. Dave and his grandson, Euan, will be mounting a display about the 22 different types of UK coracles, each designed for different river conditions. In addition, they will be demonstrating how to build one of the craft and also showing off a variety of others,

Photo: Mike Craine Photo: Mike both on land and water. Alongside, will be an example of a Curragh, of the type used in the Dingle Penninsula. This boat is one of the Eyemouth International Sailing Craft Association’s collection in Berwickshire, which comprises over 200 vessels and 300 model ships and boats. She has been brought south, especially for Glasson Maritime Weekend, by Bo’sun of the Collection, Ridley Youngman. Dave is a long-standing folk music and shanty enthusiast, so don’t be surprised, when visiting his display, if he breaks into a rendition of a coracle-building or sailing shanty!

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DALTON ARMS GLASSON DOCK Lantern Tel: 01524 751213 is pleased to support the o’The Lune Glasson Maritime Weekend West Quay, Glasson Dock Presenting sea-songs & shanties at periods throughout the weekend see festival diary for details The Village Café at the Heart of the GLASSON MARITIME WEEKEND

EASTER OPENING TIMES • Good Friday 9.30am – 4.00pm Thwaites prize-winning cask ales Special Fish & Chips night 5pm – 7.30pm complemented by a wide range of other quality beverages • Saturday & Sunday 9.30am – 5.30pm Excellent meals served lunchtimes • Bank Holiday Monday 9.30am – 4.00pm and evening Christ Church GLASSON

CHURCH SERVICES over EASTER WEEKEND •Good Friday Meditation 2pm to 3pm If you would like a musical •Easter Eve Open for quiet prayer reminder of this Great Festival •Easter Day 8.15am Holy Communion call in at the 11.00am Holy Communion 6.00pm Evening Service – a celebration of Easter and the abolition of the Slave Trade

We are by the Festival Information The Church will also provide the venue for a daily afternoon talk by Point near the Swing Bridge eminent folklorist, Roy Palmer, during the Maritime Weekend – For the appearing artists’ see the Diary for details. Refreshments will be available recordings and books following the talks. Proceeds to the Church

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EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENTS (continued) Mike Smylie trained as a naval architect. Owner of several fishing vessels, he was co-founder of the 40+ Fishing Boat Association, which was formed to lobby the government on the destruction of fishing fleets, through the EU decommissioning scheme. Mike also edits the Association’s newsletter ‘Fishing Boats’ and has written widely on fishing matters. He has been touring his ‘Kipperland’ exhibition for 10 years and brings it to Glasson for the first time, this Easter. It tells the history of the once great herring fishery and highlights the nutritional effects of eating this oil-rich fish. Kipperman will also be smoking fish on site, in his little Kipperhouse, producing kippers before your very eyes and providing samples to try. In November 2004, Mike received the BBC Radio 4 Food Programme’s ‘Campaigners/ Educators Award’, presented at the annual Food and Farming Awards by Rick Stein and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Across the way from Coracles & Kippers, within the Blue Anchor tavern, Mr Johnny Tranter will be presenting his Pusser’s Navy Rum promotion, dispensing tots of ‘Nelson’s Blood’ from his Royal Navy grog tub. Festivalgoers will be able to ‘splice the mainbrace’ on the Saturday and Sunday, from 11am to around 4pm. Those favouring sobriety will no doubt make their way to the nearby Christ Church, where eminent folklorist and author, Roy Palmer, will give three daily talks. These are: ‘1807 and all that: Songs Against Slavery’ (Saturday); ‘The Plimsoll Line: Songs and the Story of Samuel Plimsoll’ (Sunday) and ‘Putting a Tune to the Shout: Sailors Songs and Shanties, as seen by the Poet, John Masefield’ (Monday). The latter two talks will be illustrated with sung examples. All talks start at 1pm and will last about an hour, with time, at the end, for audience questions. Refreshments will be available, in church, following the talks. Finally, there will be several opportunities to explore the locality, both near and farther afield. ‘Explore Glasson’ guided walks around the old port and environs, take place at 1.30pm and 5pm. They will take about an hour to complete and are led by Dr Andrew White on Saturday and Blue Badge Guide, Janet Nelson, on Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday. Lancaster Ramblers Association have organised two walks for the Weekend - one exploring coast and countryside, the other, fields and towpath. The Cockersands Abbey Walk leaves at 1 1 2.30pm on Sunday, over a fairly flat route of 5 ⁄2 miles, that should take just over 2 ⁄2 hours to complete. On Bank Holiday Monday, the Thurnham Fields and Towpath Walk leaves at 11.15am, past Thurnham RC Church to Thurnham Hall and returns via the canal towpath. It is a little over 4 miles and should take about 2 hours. Both walks could be muddy in places and walkers are advised to wear suitable stout shoes or boots, carry waterproofs and, if required en-route, a snack. There is also an organised cycle ride running from Lancaster to Glasson on the Sunday – more information in the Diary entry.

And Remember, Everything But the ‘Last Night Do’ is Free!

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Welcome to LANCASTER PRIORY E ASTER 2007

Programme of Events – Spring 2007 Saturday 7th – Monday 9th April Glasson Maritime Weekend – Folkus is supporting the appearance of Louis Killen. Sunday 8th April Woodford Folk Festival Folkus Guitar Workshop. Saturday 28th April Folkus Workshops Tullie House, Carlisle. Guitar, Fiddle, Bodhran, Whistle. Tel: 01228 534781 Tuesday 8th – Sunday 13th May Garstang Walking Festival Music & Song sessions 01995 602125 Sunday 13th May GOOD FRIDAY Folkus Workshops Garstang High School. Guitar, Fiddle, 10.30 am Children’s Services Melodeon, Whistle. Details Folkus Office. 11.00 am Stations of the Cross Friday 11th – Sunday 13th May 2.00 pm Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday Supporting The Big Whistle Weekend, including Vin Garbutt, The Michael McGoldrick Quartet, Lunasa & Garva. EASTER DAY The Bury Met. Tel: 01995 602125 10.00 am FESTAL EUCHARIST FOLKUS 55 The Strand, Fleetwood FY7 8NP (with blessing and distribution of Easter Eggs) Tel: 01253 872317 [email protected] 6.30 pm Festal Evensong & Solemn Te Deum FOLKUS – the Folk Arts Network of the North West Sponsored by festival supporter The Drawing Room Design Ltd [email protected]

MAMAYOHYOH PRESSPRESS PRINTERS are pleased to support the Glasson Maritime Weekend 2007 and wish it great success

Preston Street, Carnforth Lancs., LA5 9BY Tel: (01524) 732579 Fax: (01524) 732064 Information: www.cyriltawney.co.uk enquiries to [email protected]

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TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRES Lancaster Tourist Information Centre 29 Castle Hill, Lancaster LA1 1YN Tel: (01524) 32878 Festival Last Night Do tickets available from Lancaster TIC £9.00 Open over Easter Good Friday, Saturday & Bank Holiday Monday 10 am to 5pm. Sunday noon to 4pm

Accommodation hotline: (01524) 582393 [email protected] Morecambe Tourist Information Centre Old Station Buildings, Morecambe LA4 4DB Tel: (01524) 582808 Open Good Friday, Saturday & Bank Holiday Monday 9.30am to 5.00pm. Sunday 10am to 4.00pm

The Fleece Inn, Dolphinholme EVANS MARQUEE Lunesdale CAMRA HIRE Country Pub of the Year 2006 01524 791233

1 17th century coaching inn. Just 3 ⁄2 miles from Glasson, on the edge of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Evans Marquee Hire has been renowned for providing quality Selection of traditional cask ales marquees for over twenty years. Whatever your event, we Superb food, Beer garden can provide a marquee to make it an extra special occasion. Full disabled access We stock both traditional and frame marquees and are able to furnish these with a wide choice of extras. No smoking area

Evans Marquee Hire OPEN Wyresdale Road all day Lancaster LA1 3JJ 01524 63090

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Dalton Arms Glasson Maritime Weekend Post Location MAP Office No public parking, Bus access to Stop pub car park only

Punch & Judy and Inner State Theatre SEA DOCK

Public Telephone Chantey Cabin & Sea Songs & Shanty Swing Bridge Festival Information Tent and Ships-in- Point Bottles & Knot Tying No access CANAL Start of Festival Car Guided Walks Park Entrance Basin Toilets Canal Village Paddy West Performance Marquee The Blue Anchor Coracles Display Kipperland Coastal Footpath Food Concessions CAR PARK & Cycleway to Temporary Toilets The Stork, Conder Green and Lancaster

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Lancaster City Council Cultural Services Old Station Buildings, Morecambe LA4 4DB www.lancaster.gov.uk