Moz 164 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Does anyone on here know anything about Cyril Stapleton, the bandleader, born in Nottingham? He was my wife's brother-in-law. There doesn't seem to be much about him on the internet. It would be good if anyone had any information about him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 4,983 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Stapleton http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Cyril-Stapleton.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,615 Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Moz , there has already been a thread about Stapletons here , that mentions Cyril . http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9345&hl=horace#entry145406 Real name Horace Cyril Stapleton born 1914 on Woodborough Rd, Mapperley . Fathers name also Horace who married an Annie Buck in 1912 . There seems to be have been a brother called John , born in 1915 . Anyone with access, it would be interesting to see where Horace Stapleton and Annie Buck were on the 1911 Census. ( They married in 1912). Once living on Woodborough Rd, I would love to know what number he was born at . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,615 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 A bit more internet info on Cyril Stapleton . This page from a book saying that in the early 60s he lived with his wife Sheila and daughter Carole (Cat) and twin boys Jonathan and Garry in Kippington, Kent . http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Gqcs-swNEQoC&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=%22cyril+stapleton%22+daughter+carole+,&source=bl&ots=nqmvmtzaxH&sig=fMzJdUOo3mabEmC-degXmYf_NiM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ykf4UZbQPOTC0QXw8oGoDQ&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22cyril%20stapleton%22%20daughter%20carole%20%2C&f=false Picture of his wife and children on the birth of the twins http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/3537089 and a further piece on his life and a quest for some Matt Monro lost tapes http://www.mattmonro.com/spotlight_Cyril_Stapleton.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,615 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 A bit more info that may interest StephenFord (as he has a connection to the street ! ) . Although google says Cyril Stapleton was born on Woodborough Rd by 1932 he was living at No 14 , Franchise Terrace ,Westminster Street, St Anns . These edited snippets from the Post NOTTINGHAM'S BOY PRODIGY. CYRIL STAPLETON AND HIS VIOLIN. In the homely drawing-room of a working-class house in Nottingham, I have just been listening to a Dvorak concerto, played supremely well by 17- year-old, living Franchise-terrace, Westminster-street, he has gained more musical honours and been more widely experienced in his art than any other boy in England (writes a "Post" reporter). Through the kindly patronage of the Nottingham Education Committee.....pupil, Cyril Stapleton. Even then he was not the complete artist. He won one of the few maintenance scholarships at the Trinity College of Music, giving him free tuition and a grant to pay the expenses of his living in London. .......From the front room of No. 14, the strains of a Bach concerto crept soothingly about me. . Nottingham Evening Post 29/07/1931 NOTTM. YOUTHS FOR B.B.C. DANCE BAND. PRODIGY. Cyril Stapleton, brilliant 17-year-old Nottingham violinist, whose parents live in humble surroundings in Franchise-terrace, Westminster-street, has been chosen from 700 candidates as one of the members of the new B.B.C. Dance Orchestra, Nottingham Evening Post 26/02/1932 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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