BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1224@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20161014 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20161030 DTSTAMP:20161028T151115Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/shipping-forcast-harry-stedman-c unard-yanks/ SUMMARY:The Shipping Forcast: The Shipping Forcast: Harry Stedman & The Cun ard Yanks DESCRIPTION:HARRY STEDMAN &\; THE CUNARD YANKS\nThe Shipping Forecast\, Liverpool\n\nExhibition runs from 14th - 29th October.   Free entry\n\n- -\n\nThis October\, Liverpool will celebrate the exploits of Harry Stedma n and his peers with an exhibition at The Shipping Forecast. These men -  known as the Cunard Yanks - sparked a cultural diffusion in the 1950s an d 60s that helped spawn a look\, a sound and an attitude in Liverpool and beyond\n\nAs young merchant seamen\, Harry and his fellow Cunard Yanks tr aveled on transatlantic adventures aboard cruise liners and cargo ships.  When they returned to their home ports\, Liverpool in Harry’s case\, t hey brought back the slang\, sounds\, and looks that influenced the burgeo ning music scenes\, kick starting the youth explosion that created the cul ture that influences the way we live today.\n\n\nBilly &\; Gretsch by B illy Harrison\n\nHosted by Harry's eponymous clothing brand\, ran by his s on and grandson\, and presented by Next Stop New York\, the exhibition wi ll include a limited edition screenprint by illustrator Ben Newman\, phot ographs from Harry Stedman's personal collection\, and images from photogr apher\, filmmaker and original Cunard Yank\, Billy Harrison.\n\nBilly f irst travelled the seas as a merchant seaman\, before working as a chef on the famous trans-Atlantic cruise-liners between 1952 and 1976. Billy's pi ctures convey working life on the Cunard line\, periods of leave in 1950s Liverpool\, the evolution of the 'Cunard Yank' style and of course images of the iconic city and it's people that inspired his generation\, New York .\n\nThe exhibition launches with a special invite-only evening on 13th Oc tober and runs until 28th October at The Shipping Forecast\, Liverpool.\n\ nTommy Cherry &\; Shipmates by Billy Harrison\n\n- -\n\nNext Stop New Y ork presents...\n\nHarry Stedman &\; The Cunard Yanks\n14th October - 2 8th October\nThe Shipping Forecast\, Liverpool\nFREE ENTRY\nFacebook Event \n\n- -\n\nABOUT HARRY STEDMAN\n\nHarry Stedman has led a tremendous life\ , one filled with many passions\, hardships and awe-inspiring world travel .\n\nBorn in Liverpool in 1934\, Harry is father and grandfather to owners Phil and Rick. His early years were spent in rural Shropshire\, sent ther e as one of many Liverpudlian evacuees. After the War Harry returned to hi s hometown where he would enjoy his formative years\, sandwiched between a gaggle of siblings - the middle child of seven.\n\nAs Harry meandered thr ough his teen years he found himself enveloped by an overwhelming urge to escape the war-weathered streets of Liverpool\, as did many young men of t he time. In 1951\, spurred on by tales of world travel passed down by his brothers serving in the military\, Harry enlisted in the British Army.\n\n In the years to follow Harry would find himself in all manner of exotic lo cations\, delivering his unique brand of humor\, curiosity and devil-may-c are attitude to places such as New York\, Libya\, Argentina and beyond.\n\ nThroughout these adventures Harry soaked up local culture\, particularly whilst in The Big Apple. It was there he discovered variations of the clas sic dockers' workwear he was used to seeing in Liverpool\, plus the luxury of fine Brooks Brothers shirting that helped form his Sunday best back ho me. There was also a whole host of music\, which he and many like him appr opriated and helped birth the Mersey Beat sound\, regularly bringing back rare vinyl from the states.\n\nHarry continued his travels for several yea rs\, bringing pieces of his life abroad to England\, setting trends with h is newfound garments\, music and more. It was this global lifestyle which helped chisel the man we now know and love\, one who has never forgot his working class roots or the true value of a hard day's work\, blackened han ds and all.\n\nABOUT BILLY HARRISON\n\nAn original Cunard Yank\, Billy fir st travelled the seas as a merchant seaman\, before working as a chef on t he famous trans-Atlantic cruise-liners between 1952 and 1976. As a keen ph otographer since a boy\, upon first landing in New York he immediately put his photographic skills to good use\, and captured the sights\, sounds an d styles of this technicolour world.\n\nBilly made the most of his opportu nities\, travelling both North and South America\, whilst also bringing ba ck quite possibly Liverpool’s first jukebox and playing a part in the ac quisition of George Harrison's famous Gretsch guitar.\n\nBilly's pictures convey working life on the Cunard line\, periods of leave in 1950s Liverpo ol\, and of course\, the evolution of the 'Cunard Yank' style and of cours e images of the iconic city and it's people that inspired his generation\, New York.\n\nABOUT NEXT STOP NEW YORK\n\nLiverpool Next Stop New York is a project investigating the huge impact that Black American music has had on the city of Liverpool and its people\, and how it continues to do so to this day.\n\nhttp://www.nextstopnewyork.org/HARRY STEDMAN &\; THE CUNA RD YANKS\nThe Shipping Forecast\n\nExhibition runs from 14th - 28th Octobe r.   Free entry\n\nWe celebrate the exploits of Harry and his peers - th e men whose cultural diffusion in the 1950s and 60s that helped spawn a lo ok\, a sound and an attitude .. in Liverpool and beyond.  The exhibition includes photographs from Harry Stedman's personal collection\, as well as images from Billy Harrison - photographer\, filmmaker\, and Cunard Yank\, plus a limited edition screenprint by illustrator Ben Newman.\n\nPresente d by Next Stop New York. 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