Hi Peter, Guest, Harry and others out there.

I have no information on the Crows, but have fond memories of the Pennines, as I was a member of their club when it was held at the
Two Brewers pub on Regent Road in Salford. The band members,
(Ash Lawrence, Peter Bowker, Bryan Down and Edward "Ted" Hardy),
ran a wonderful club there, always teaching us new songs and encouraging us to sing, the last song of the evening was always
"Dirty Old Town" softly sung by all in the room, you could almost
have heard the proverbial pin drop, and it quite often almost made you cry it was so lovely.

If you're out there lads, thanks so much for giving us so many good nights, good songs and wonderful memories.

After such a lovely evening it was usually the six mile walk home to
South Manchester as I had no transport at the time, and when they moved
to Hyde it was more difficult to get to and I never went there.

They did release an album on the Reality label (North Watford, Herts)
(No: RY 1003) entitled "Hard Cases". The tracks were.

Hard case
Come all you fair and tender ladies
The tin gee-gee
Evening of roses
Santianna
Dirty old town

The dodger
The cruel war
Carrion crow
The gipsy rover
The white buck of Epping
The leaving of Liverpool

I never saw Tickawinda live but have an album of theirs, on the
Pennine records label (Pennine Sound Studio, Oldham. No: PSS 153LP)
The band members according to the record sleeve are as follows.

Kath Richmond, Alison Tulloch, David Birchwood, Jim Schofield, and
Clive Gregson.

The tracks were:

John barleycorn
Coalhole cavalry
She moves through the fair
Old Pendle
Young Man
Cold and raw
The blackleg miner

Rosemary Lane
A lyke wake dirge
The galtee farmer
The weary cutters
Go your way
And the band played waltzing Matilda

The "Galtee farmer" together with "young man" are also on a CD called
"A Lot of Jolly Good Folk" issued by The National Trust and available
from their shops.

If anyone would like a track list of this CD I will put it on for you.

Sorry for the long post and the waffle but you got the memory juices
flowing, so it's all your fault. But thanks for bringing it all back!

Cheers to you all.

Cattail !