Stan Stennett(1925-2013)
- Actor
He never knew his father and his mother died when he was eleven, leaving him and his three brothers, Roger, Alec and Peter. He worked as a van driver, a coach driver for the Ivy Benson band and served in the army. His ambition in the 2nd World War was to have been an RAF pilot, but he was turned down because of faulty eyesight .However, he managed to get a private pilots license in 1946 and owned a light plane. He taught himself to play the guitar,and, in 1946, was a resident comedian in a radio series. In 1959, he joined The Black and White Minstrels and in 1979 was awarded an O.B.E. He married Betty in 1951 and had two sons. He owned the Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury, the New Hereford Theatre and two cinemas. He joined the cast of television's Crossroads in 1981 for about seven weeks, but still appeared in it some years later. He played golf, the trumpet and guitar.
