Port of Bristol Shanty Crew: Where Fun Meets Fundraising on the High Seas

She'll shape wonderful fashion boys along the harder side from evil gorge to wonderful he with all the line Secure the barrels down below Bind them, tie and lash em this vessel, she is certified shipshape from Bristol Fashion.

Ahoy there, matey.

And welcome to the Shipshape and Bristol Fashion Podcast, a podcast showcasing the work of the Port of Bristol Shannon Shanty Crew.

Hi, I'm Justin and it's great to have you on board.

This is a new podcast launching in 2024 covering the great work of the singing group, the Port of Bristol Shanty Crew.

Before we learn more about who the crew are and what they are up to, let's listen to some of their work.

Help me Bob I'm bully in the alley Bully down his shimbo now so help me fall blind bully in the alley way hey, Bully in the alley Help me ball by Bully in the alley Bully daddy shin blow now, now Sally circle down the sky setting sun the corn crate seems on the Bristol run Brandy for the waiters tray the sailors say I've earned their pay or see the Bristol town load it down with Grandio or see the Bristol town load it down with Grandio With Grandio rolling on to the deep green day the border hills fairly sing we're fighting for South Australia As I walk out one morning square and peel away all the way there I met the anti Clare we're back at Australia oh, are you rolling Kings heave away all away, all away you'll hear me say we're.

Back to South Australia Santiano on the.

Day Heave away Santiana and General Taylor ran away all along the plains of Mexico and it's shiver up and away we'll go Eva way Santiana heaver up and away we'll go all along the plains.

You have to admit they do sound great.

So who are the Port of Bristol Shanty Crew?

Well, they are a crew of mates who just love to sing traditional working shanties along with modern maritime songs and Bristol Si shanties.

Their mantra is fun and friendship, melody and meth, and they sing anything with a nautical theme and a good tune or a good lyric.

But their priority is just to enjoy themselves and to entertain their audience.

And the good news is that everything they do, they give freely to support festivals and charity fundraising events.

And 100% of the money that they raise goes back into the excellent work of the Teenage Cancer Trust.

The crew was founded back in February 2022 and was found by Ian, also known as Nobby and Steve the Rev, who had been very keen to create A group.

Nobby had been singing Shanti since 1972 and has been singing with the Rev since they met and became shipmates in 1985.

These two rogues recently found themselves clearly very marooned, but they encountered a few more shipwrecked sailors washed upon the shore.

These like minded souls were soon press ganged into service.

And so Skipper, Fish, Art, Paddles, Chuffer, Doc, Old Bill and Ash joined the crew and they now form, as we now know it, the Port of Bristol Shanty Crew.

So what is Shipshape and Bristol Fashion is a podcast.

Well, this podcast is designed to take you behind the scenes of the CRE crew, get to know them and to cover some of the events that they attend.

We know that the Port of Bristol Shanty Crew has got a strong following.

It's going to be a great way to get up and close and personal with the crew.

And the podcast is also going to promote the work of the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Overall, it's going to be a wonderful time for you to come together and learn a little bit more about them.

And also we're going to have interviews with the founders of Nobby and Revolution.

And also we're going to explore what is this old but new phenomenon and interest in sea shanties.

So if you'd like to know more about the Port of Bristol Shanty Crew, then please do pop over to our website, pobshantycrew.co.uk and that will also be in our show notes.

So that's it for this episode.

A very short and sweet introduction to what this podcast is all going to be about.

So fair winds and following seas and we'll see you next time on the episode on Shipshape and Bristol Fashion.

Ship Shape and Bristol Fashion Noise along the harder side from evil gods to wonderful heaven all the line Secure the barrels down below Bind them, tie and lash em this vessel, she is certified ship shape from Bristol Fashion.