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English musician, author and composer

Ian Peter Cullimore is an English musician and journalist. He played guitar, between 1983 and 1988, for the Hull-based indie rock band the Housemartins.

He was born in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire. He moved to Birmingham, where he went to school at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, a state grammar school. He studied Maths at the University of Hull from 1980, graduating in 1984.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Music

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Cullimore responded to a local newspaper advertisement by the Housemartins singer Paul Heaton seeking musicians in 1983. Most of the band's songs were written by Heaton and Cullimore. After leaving the band, Cullimore ran a whole food shop for about five years.

Journalism and writing

Cullimore went on to become a journalist and the author of many children's books.^{[citation needed]} He has written for publications such as the Hull Daily Mail and the Bristol Post.^{[citation needed]}

He began working as a journalist in 2014 and wrote a column in a local Bristol paper.^[1] Alongside this he has been working with AuthorsAbroad,^[2] teaching young children creative writing and music.

References

↑ "Urban Grandad". Bristol Post. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "Authors Abroad". authorsabroad.com. 28 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.

External links

Cullimore's website
Stan Cullimore at IMDb
Books for Keeps article
Stan Cullimore, Travel Writer & Reviewer on BaldHiker

Children's literature portal

v t e The Housemartins
Norman Cook Stan Cullimore Paul Heaton Dave Hemingway Ted Key Hugh Whitaker
Studio albums	London 0 Hull 4 The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
Live albums	Live at the BBC
Compilations	Now That's What I Call Quite Good Soup Happy Hour: The Collection
Singles	"Flag Day" "Sheep" "Happy Hour" "Think for a Minute" "Caravan of Love" "Five Get Over Excited" "Me and the Farmer" "Build" "There Is Always Something There to Remind Me"

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	France BnF data Spain
Artists	MusicBrainz
Other	IdRef SNAC

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