Stan Holford
Stan belongs to: The Diving Centre Ltd
Stan became fascinated with diving from an early age from reading stories about the frogmen. He started The Diving Centre Ltd in 1959.
Stan was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 7 November 2005. The interview took place at the Interviewee's living room and lasted 1 hour, 27 minutes and 45 seconds.
Clammy death
"How did it get its name? Clammy death? I think it came about actually by the wartime frogmen"
How did it get its name? Clammy death? I think it came about actually by the wartime frogmen, because they used oxygen rebreather sets and they were governed to 30 feet of water and it was the first time, I think, divers had experienced diving, swimming like a fish, if you to term it, and they used every method that they could to keep warm because sea temperature although it doesn’t vary very much from 50 to 55 degrees winter and summer, that’s only half of body heat and literally to loose 12 degrees of body was nearly fatal so they had to find anything they could to keep themselves warm, and what they came up with was these Sladden suits, they were named after the person who invented them, Sladden, and they were front entry and then tied up with a comber button and they were always damp and wet when you got into, and I think that was when the word was termed clammy death because as soon as you subjected them to pressure, i.e. going down, it squeezed all the air out, what clothing you had put on underneath creased up and pressed against your skin and when you finished diving with one of them and you came out, you’d look like a ruddy road map.
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Stan my man, I came over there from Australia in 79-80 to see my granny and to dive with you, unfortunately it didn't happen. I wish you all the best in your new found famousity. farewell for now. By the way I am Rod and Madge Blair's son. Tara for now.
By barry blair On 8 September 2006
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