User:Wiliam Hart/sandbox/William billyshym Hart

William 'Bill' Hart (31 December 1946) Born in Wigan, Lancashire UK, he was a Senior Lecture in Building Studies and 14-16 Schools FE Transition Tutor at The Manchester College for 22 years before retiring at 49.

As a drummer he has since indulged his part-time passion for rock music into a full-time purpose for many music related endeavours. In 2010 he created an exhibition in Liverpool featuring 100 guitars played at the Cavern Club to celebrate and commemorate 50 years of Mersey Beat. Called 'The Mersey Sound Wave' https://merseysoundwave.wordpress.com/tag/the-beatles/ it was held in The Beatles Story store on the Albert Dock for five weeks. It's main exhibit was a Cavern Club owned Hofner Violin bass guitar signed by Sir Paul McCartney on his visit to play in 1999 and in addition, a Denny Laine Cavern donated guitar was added as a gift from the musician. Other guitars were loaned by Donovan, Status Quo, Bo Diddley and Mick Taylor, together with a banjo from Ricky Tomlinson.

Inspired by the Mersey Sound Wave experience, 2011 saw him create an archive website called Lanky Beat, featuring many under-reported Lancashire bands of the rock and roll music era 1955 to 1975. After a 300+ collection of band details and photographs were collated, the website was hacked and money demanded by the hackers for it's return. Bill did not respond to their offer. An early version of the website however, is still available for viewing on https://web.archive.org/web/20171204234621/http://www.lankybeat.com/bandindexpage1.html

The same year, a live music venue was acquired and the name Lankykats https://www.lankykats.co.uk/ was given to the twice monthly meetings in the north of England's Standish Unity Club. Up to four live bands perform for charity each evening to a regular audience of 150. Donations have since exceeded £30,000.

In 2013 Bill volunteered to support Hospital Radio Wrightington as a radio presenter where the Lanky Beat 'Live' show was first aired. Invited guests appear on the monthly show to play, sing live and feature their recorded music.

Around this time Bill began song writing and recording original material along with long standing musical partner Jack Carney. He also continued playing live music at venues in northern England under the names of duo Hart~Carney and trio Tom, Dick 'n Harry.

In 2018, Bill attended Ukulele classes mainly as a hobby and to improve his musical ability. He now composes many new songs on the instrument and it features on certain recordings by Hart~Carney.

2019 saw the opening of Unity Ukes ukulele evening as a one-per-month meeting at The Standish Unity Club. In 2020 Bill began teaching Samba drumming classes at weekly sessions but they were cancelled because of the Corona 19 virus lockdown. Also, in 2019 Bill formed a five piece band called The Fabulele5 based on the ukulele and its modern approach to popular and well known songs.

Bill has written and produced many self-published books including Lanky Beat I, II and III, in addition to a children's book series call Un-Putdownables I and II.

Born on 31, 12, 1946 to William James (Meat Salesman)and Marian (Seamstress). Bill has one sister Elaine.

Married in 1969 to Susan Jean Highley with two sons Alan John and Paul Francis. Since divorced, he remarried in 2004 to Christine Hepworth of Blackburn with Darwen. They live in Southport UK. Bill has two granddaughters, Alicia Leigh and Chloe Marie, one adopted grandson Kyle McHugh and one great granddaughter, Leigha Marie Weaver. They live in Ontario, Canada. Bill became a member of the Church Lads Brigade in his early teens and learned to march and play the snare drum. He made the Sergeants rank at 15 years old and became Liverpool Church of England Diocese Battalion solo drummer.

Shortly after this he formed the rock and roll band The Shyms, later on joining Mike Hurst & The Trekkers of Preston for a short time. Rejoining the Shyms, now renamed Tynfoil, the band folded in the early 1970's. Before this however, Tynfoil were booked to play at the original Cavern Club in Liverpool, but this was mysteriously cancelled at the last minute. When the new version of the world famous Cavern Club was reopened more recently, a Wall of Fame was built in Mathew Street which featured, amongst 1800 other's, a 'Tynfoil (spelt incorrectly Tyne Foil) brick', which declared that the band had played at the club in 1970. This not being the case, Bill contacted the Cavern Club and arranged to play in 2004 to put the record straight.

In subsequent years he has played semi-professionally in many different musical venues, including resident drummer in different Night Clubs and Social Clubs, and to the present day with other bands and musicians including a Lancastrian Morris Dancing Group.