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Tim Hudson and his wife Maxi in the Bollington-based Canalside Community Radio studios preparing to broadcast his ‘Sexy Sunday Evening’ shows to Macclesfield and Los Angeles.
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Man of the manor set to lord it up Stateside-style
Karen Britton14/ 5/2008
PREPARE to be bowled over as the legendary Birtles’ cricket ground "Lord" strikes again – over the airwaves.
Hippy millionaire "Lord" Tim Hudson made a name for himself 20 years ago when he brought showbiz and Sixties psychedelia to the tiny village of Birtles while restoring the cricket ground and managing Ian Botham.
And now the ex-man of the Birtles manor – who has emigrated to California – is back and louder than ever...on Bollington’s Canalside Community Radio station.
Prestbury-born Tim, or "Lord Tim", as he prefers, is on a flying visit to give the Happy Valley a hippy volley of energetic rock n’ roll on his ‘Sexy Sunday Evening’ show.
And he will also be taking Canalside stateside with his radio slots, which are set to be simultaneously transmitted across the globe to Palm Springs FM.
The former DJ, rock star, manager and actor has promised "psychedelic Sixties undertones and modern tunes".
Dad-of-five Tim, 66, now a painter visiting the UK with wife Maxi, said: "I think it’s totally ignorant when older people ridicule young music and I just mix it with the rock and roll that I love.
"I’m in Macclesfield because Silk FM needs some competition and I’m going to lead it with Canalside."
He added: "I wanted my own station here years ago; I was going to call it Magic Macclesfield and I had the money ready, but was told it couldn’t happen.
"So we are throwing all our energy behind Canalside with help from California.
"We’ll take the best of the British music scene to LA and bring Macclesfield the American hits."
Tim first brought rock and roll to his ten-acre Birtles Hall estate when he created his own rainbow-bright cricketing circus in the Eighties.
The village will never forget the celebrity playground that hosted Joy Division and Echo and the Bunnymen concerts and was a mecca for cricket superstars such as Ian Botham and Viv Richards.
Lord Tim had created his cricket dream – and moved his family into the ‘Rainbow Pavilion’ – but disagreements with the council left him stumped, and he ditched pavilion living for sunny California, where he had found fame as a DJ in the Sixties.
The ground was sold to a mystery buyer last February.
Tim added: "Birtles was a fun time. We wanted to bring young people and women to cricket, to bring some colour to cricket."
Canalside’s Nick Wright said: "Tim is an eccentric character with a real story behind him and his first show on Sunday was great."
Lord Tim’s Canalside Community Radio show airs this Sunday (May 18), from 8pm to 10pm, at www.ccr-fm.co.uk.
And the community radio crew will provide all the entertainment at Sunday’s Macclesfield Bikeathon.
For more information on Lord Tim and his art, go to www.lordtim.com.
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GB could do well with a million more like Lord Tim, but apparently they can't wait to get out.
Ever wonder why?
23/05/2008 at 00:36
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Tim Hudson may well be the A, B and C you so pompously state, but does that preclude him from being a crackpot? On second thoughts given your comments "nanny-state, control freaks" - where did that come from? - make you the bigger crackpot. Welcome back Tim, you are positively normal in comparison!
28/05/2008 at 04:49