tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post5513898760002500436..comments2024-02-26T05:41:10.179+00:00Comments on Life, The Universe, and Everything . . .: Remembering Louis Fussell- Part 1John Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-91307654168715329612024-02-26T05:41:10.179+00:002024-02-26T05:41:10.179+00:00Thanks for this! It’s great to know that Louis’s v...Thanks for this! It’s great to know that Louis’s violins are still going strong ‘out there’.John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-46253187399708803642024-02-08T16:31:58.895+00:002024-02-08T16:31:58.895+00:00Hi John, I picked up a Louis Fussell violin in Hem...Hi John, I picked up a Louis Fussell violin in Hemel Hempstead today! It has the name the "Katharine II" on it. Never played the violin in my life, but it was my 68th birthday on Monday, and I've decided to have a go at it. Never too old to start when it comes to music!Brian Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015596737932531771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-81094945814610090792016-02-25T10:12:38.797+00:002016-02-25T10:12:38.797+00:00Several more details since I did a Google search:
...Several more details since I did a Google search:<br />Louis birthday was Thursday, October 8th, 1925<br />He died on Friday, January 25th, 2008<br /><br />He was born in Manchester<br /><br />He was the founder of the Gosport and Fareham Youth Orchestra<br /><br />I also discovered this, on the Bonham's auction website:<br />'A 20th Century cased violin and bow, 1990, together with a painted public house advertising sign, 'The Schooner Bar' and a large gilded figure of a lady.' Seems rather an odd sort of a lot, and there was nothing to say how much all of it went for. Just an interesting mention I thought.John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-14257852441383121362016-02-22T08:52:47.454+00:002016-02-22T08:52:47.454+00:00Thanks for your comments. I can't believe that...Thanks for your comments. I can't believe that my blog post has had so many responses. Really great.John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-58524555334318816082016-01-15T15:51:30.337+00:002016-01-15T15:51:30.337+00:00I remember Mr Fussell as being the violin teacher ...I remember Mr Fussell as being the violin teacher of my two elder sisters at Aberdeen High School for girls middle to late sixties. One memory was of going to tea with him and his mother, there was us 4girls, my mum and dad. He was at that time known as an eccentric gentleman, but gentleman he was, never knew where he went after Aberdeen, good to hear he lived to a good old age.Piperlil61noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-12512896613221538912015-10-17T23:38:18.475+01:002015-10-17T23:38:18.475+01:00Hi Peter. Tell your Nan that my daughter, Chloe, h...Hi Peter. Tell your Nan that my daughter, Chloe, had the baby, a boy, on Friday. He's to be called George. He weighed 10 L.B.! Have to wait a few weeks until we can go to Worcester to see him. So, I'm a grandad at last!John Murdochnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-9704346554959911072015-10-08T08:10:14.466+01:002015-10-08T08:10:14.466+01:00Sorry to hear you haven't been too well. I kno...Sorry to hear you haven't been too well. I know all about epilepsy. I've looked after quite a few people who have it. I did some shifts at Macintyre in Milton Keynes and in Wingrave, at their school. Don't do any of that work any more. Does your nan have a computer or a tablet? She could go on Facebook. I didn't know about it until Chloe told me, which is why I joined. Also on Twitter and Google +. Tell her computers aren't difficult to use! I hope to get a better smartphone so I can email and go on Facebook. Easier to use than a computer. Carol has a Kindle and an iPad which she uses for her work as a teacher at Milton Keynes Academy. Did you Google to find me on my blog on here? Love to know how you found it. I've been writing it since 2009. Over 700 posts. Tell your nan that using a computer is easy! I'm sure you could show her how to use one. We use ours to order our groceries from Sainsbury's so we don't have to carry lots of bags home! Much easier than going into their store in MK! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-8752995320721909832015-10-08T00:17:17.454+01:002015-10-08T00:17:17.454+01:00Hello John yeah me and Nan remember you very well....Hello John yeah me and Nan remember you very well. Yeah I can remember that me and Nan used to come up the flat. Because you was off work for quite a bit with it. Yeah me and Nan bumped into someone in town who knew you, I can't remember who it was tho. She's glad that you've met someone, I think she was a bit upset that you left and didn't say. I think she thought that something had happened to ya. She is all right and I've told her I found you and she was happy. She is all right tho, She hasn't changed one bit still going strong. These last few years I've not been in the best of health. I had started having Seizures and Heart Palpations, I've been clear now for five years. I am on tablets and there working I am on five a day, For the Epilepsy and Palpations. And I've also had trouble with me Liver as well, I am going for further tests for that. But other than that I am all right, I am working In the school kitchen now as a kitchen assistant. If you want you can add me as a friend, No Nan's not on Facebook. I asked would she sign up and she told she can switch on a computer lol. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-34846551278649773822015-10-07T10:02:07.457+01:002015-10-07T10:02:07.457+01:00Hi Peter. Yes, I do remember you. I lived at your...Hi Peter. Yes, I do remember you. I lived at your Nan's for a few months. I had a heart attack in 2006. A year later I got married to Carol. She's a teacher. We met on-line. We live in Milton Keynes. I worked up until about five years ago, but I had to give it up as it was getting stressful. I officially retire this month. My daughter, Chloe, got married two years ago. She met Steve at university in Worcester and they now live there. She's expecting my first grandchild any day now. I found you on Facebook. Just tell your nan that I'm O.K. Is she on Facebook?John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-16011388438259893972015-10-06T23:35:51.680+01:002015-10-06T23:35:51.680+01:00Hello John I can remember you telling me and my Na...Hello John I can remember you telling me and my Nan so many story's about Louis. It's been a long time since we last saw you hope your keeping all right. Me and Nan were wondering how you were. How is your daughter Chloe is she ok. My Names peter you probable remember me when I was a kid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-52036596195392272972015-10-06T23:28:18.397+01:002015-10-06T23:28:18.397+01:00Hello John I can remember you telling me and my Na...Hello John I can remember you telling me and my Nan so many story's about Louis. It's been a long time since we last saw you hope your keeping all right. Me and Nan were wondering how you were. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-36459494038321168412015-08-19T23:24:49.375+01:002015-08-19T23:24:49.375+01:00I, for some reason though of Louis, so goggled him...I, for some reason though of Louis, so goggled him. He taught me in the 60's. He used to tutor me at home in Gosport, Hampshire. His mum used to make amazing rock cakes. I was also in the Fareham and Gosport orchestra. One day he just disappeared so it is good to read about his life. Sheena<br />fedro1234https://www.blogger.com/profile/08653992747771173051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-15577320391712347302014-10-29T11:23:23.286+00:002014-10-29T11:23:23.286+00:00Didn't know he'd lived in Aberdeen. Do you...Didn't know he'd lived in Aberdeen. Do you have any further memories of him?John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-22867678274872236292014-10-29T01:41:14.639+00:002014-10-29T01:41:14.639+00:00Thanks for this. I'm certainly building up a p...Thanks for this. I'm certainly building up a picture of Louis before he moved to Bedford. John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-73936242844340904492014-10-28T16:42:52.676+00:002014-10-28T16:42:52.676+00:00Lovely to read this about old Louis.
I was his pup...Lovely to read this about old Louis.<br />I was his pupil in the 1970s in Aberdeen at the High School, and played on the 'Valerie violin' he made for me in 1973.<br />I played in a quartet in his front room every Thursday evening, with his delightful mother sitting in her black lace, smiling. He would compose pieces for us to play, hand-written in his own unique wiggly style!<br />Orchestra Christmas parties in his house were a hoot - he would remove the sitting room door to fit us all in; we played games, music, and dined on Tartex sandwiches. He was a strict vegetarian. He and 'Mother' used to go on the train from Aberdeen every summer to the Tatra mountains for walking holidays - she was ancient!<br />I have a trio he composed for my birthday, which to this day I have never played.<br />Every lesson I had with him began with a hug which squeezed the air out of my lungs. You wouldn't be allowed to do this nowadays, but Louis loved every one of us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08007407517692386524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-27767902918650412132014-10-28T16:33:48.046+00:002014-10-28T16:33:48.046+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08007407517692386524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-33032599988735645222014-10-28T16:33:19.539+00:002014-10-28T16:33:19.539+00:00Lovely to read this about old Louis.
I was his pup...Lovely to read this about old Louis.<br />I was his pupil in the 1970s in Aberdeen at the High School, and played on the 'Valerie violin' he made for me in 1973.<br />I played in a quartet in his front room every Thursday evening, with his delightful mother sitting in her black lace, smiling. He would compose pieces for us to play, hand-written in his own unique wiggly style!<br />Orchestra Christmas parties in his house were a hoot - he would remove the sitting room door to fit us all in; we played games, music, and dined on Tartex sandwiches. He was a strict vegetarian. He and 'Mother' used to go on the train from Aberdeen every summer to the Tatra mountains for walking holidays - she was ancient!<br />I have a trio he composed for my birthday, which to this day I have never played.<br />Every lesson I had with him began with a hug which squeezed the air out of my lungs. You wouldn't be allowed to do this nowadays, but Louis loved every one of us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08007407517692386524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-7574570972184918982014-10-25T20:30:52.239+01:002014-10-25T20:30:52.239+01:00Good to hear from someone who knew Louis. Good to hear from someone who knew Louis. John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-67574664419068661072014-10-25T18:06:29.344+01:002014-10-25T18:06:29.344+01:00Oh, this is a blast from the past! Mr Fussell tau...Oh, this is a blast from the past! Mr Fussell taught music at my school in the 1980s. He and his mother were a regular fixture at the school. If one learnt violin one had to take tea with Mr Fussell and mother.MrsBridgewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041888056353908752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-89446004700280856682014-09-14T05:01:43.301+01:002014-09-14T05:01:43.301+01:00Really interested to hear what happened to any of ...Really interested to hear what happened to any of the violins Louis made. Thanks for your comment. John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-89534066212526973112014-09-13T22:08:33.619+01:002014-09-13T22:08:33.619+01:00I own a Louis Fussell violin, made for me in the m...I own a Louis Fussell violin, made for me in the mid 1970's and still going strong! It has played in several orchestras both in the uk and in Switzerland. My memories of Mr Fussell are of our violin lessons in a basement room at school and afternoon tea in his front room with his mother! A lovely blog and so sad to learn of his final demise.Merian Denningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-24006923391934374712014-06-11T07:38:29.961+01:002014-06-11T07:38:29.961+01:00Diss Auction Rooms, 07 March 2014
Lot No: 281
A ...Diss Auction Rooms, 07 March 2014<br /><br />Lot No: 281<br /><br />A violin in hard case made by Louis Fussell, Aberdeen 1971 The ''Frances'' Violin<br />Lot sold for: £65.00<br /><br />http://www.twgaze.co.uk/auction/lots/?id=671&currentpage=6Andrew Mouattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-10181408743384700622014-03-13T11:28:29.378+00:002014-03-13T11:28:29.378+00:00So glad to hear what happened to one of his violin...So glad to hear what happened to one of his violins. I'd love to know where it went, who purchased it and how much it made at the auction. How did it get there and who took it there?John Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188983521108114030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013983905559546293.post-40964507932974386482014-03-06T21:45:28.406+00:002014-03-06T21:45:28.406+00:00What a lovely piece and what a lovely sounding man...What a lovely piece and what a lovely sounding man, he obviously was. I saw a violin for sale at an auction today in Diss, Norfolk with his name as the maker. I googled his name and your blog came up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10455581612108896551noreply@blogger.com