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by iefje » Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:48 am
Thank you for the link. Unfortunately, I am only allowed to read the first few sentences. To read more, I have to become a member of The Times.
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by iefje » Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:21 am
Thank you for sharing these links. Great to see Alan getting the British Empire Medal last June, with his family and Brian Bennett there as well. I have read somewhere else that he wasn't able to speak anymore, following a stroke.
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by Iain Purdon » Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:43 am
iefje wrote:Thank you for the link. Unfortunately, I am only allowed to read the first few sentences. To read more, I have to become a member of The Times.
Thanks for pointing this out, Ivo. I have added another link now which will take you to a copy of the article.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0zqwq9xz1x7gotb/Alan%20Hawkshaw%20obituary.pdf?dl=0
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by StuartD » Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:29 pm
HI
I knew Alan well when he was in the Shadows. I saw a lot of their Cabaret gigs He was a lovely man and so talented. RIP Alan and thanks for the great music.
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by GoldenStreet » Wed Oct 20, 2021 7:07 pm
Following Iain's link to Alan's obit in The Times, this is from the Daily Telegraph....
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by Moderne » Wed Oct 20, 2021 7:48 pm
Sad news about Alan...my condolences to his family. Must be especially sad for Brian as they were great friends. I love his piano/organ playing with The Shads and Marvin, Welch, Farrar in the early '70s and have fond memories of the first KPM Allstars gig...around 2007? Here's another obit...from The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/ ... r-heard-of
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by JimN » Thu Oct 21, 2021 12:49 am
Just take a listen to this!
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by Iain Purdon » Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:25 pm
“Well I’m blowed!” (to be sung to the same tune)
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