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 NEW! Everyone's Gone To The Moon (..on the square)

Here's a nice sing along song from pensioner and good old Basildon bloke.. Old Man Stan.

Old Man Stan can be found in The Moon On The Square pub (a little too frequently) in Basildon, Essex, where he lives. It's his favorite watering hole.

Ideally located on the corner of Basildon Market between the betting shop and the Towngate Pub , Old Man Stan spends many a happy hour there chatting to Old Bill (the irish chappie not the rozzers) and buying stuff off the Hoisters.

It's the first pub to greet you as you get off the train at Basildon Town Centre, that is if you ignore the "Poofs palace over the road" as Old Man Stan is often heard saying.
Hey.. Don't forget to pick up Mad Nanny's dentures on your way home Stan! Ah well.. plenty of time for that and one or two more for the road eh.

You're a gentleman and a scholar Old Man Stan and no mistake.. Mines a pint of Spitfire (its got real spit in it!).

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Just an old Man called Stan.. alone but not lonely.. And he invites you to pull his finger!

Stan was bored. Well it is tough finding meaningful hobbies on the cheap, especially on his meager pension.. and then it struck him. Yes. One of the Grandchildren had left a camera lying around. He decided to send in a video application for Britains Got Talent 2008. Check out the results below why don't you.

Old Man Stan and Mad Nanny come to stay.

Oh dear! After a rather unfortunate incident, involving a can of petrol and the microwave oven over at the old folks home, Old Man Stan and Mad Nanny have come to stay with us.
They will of course be made very welcome indeed, however, we have taken the precautionary measure of hiding all matches, sharp objects and pets out of the view of Mad Nanny. Just in case. Bless! She's a delicate flower.. but extremely dangerous.

You can check out these new arrivals and some more of the gang on the gallery page, where I display new puppets once they are completed. Also I have a links page where I list some of the puppetry related sites that I have found useful along the way.

And my main reason for this site..

.. and for me most importantly of all, there's some stuff about a local project that I am very keen to get under way starting as soon as possible in 2007.
If you are from the Basildon area (or are prepared to travel) and are interested in any aspect of puppetry and puppet theatre, then please do check out the project page.

I am hoping to find enough interested people to form a working puppet theatre company. All being well, there will be a whole host of stuff to get involved with.
The plans you see here are just an early draft of proposals, just to give the idea of the kind of thing I am suggesting. Obviously, as more people get involved, this will change and develop as time goes on. It's just some bare bones for starters.
So please take a look.. who knows, we might just find ourselves part of something wonderful.

Thanks for visiting :)

Steve Waters

email: stephen_waters@tiscali.co.uk