Hi - I could tell a few tales about the Elsinor in Whitby, but the worst was when I (A disabled singer/musician) went into a session there and headed for a chair which seemed vacant. I was immediatley told that I couldn;t sit there because it was "resrved in case a musician turned up" This despite my obvious disability. I left
On another occasion back in the sixties, I went to a Tom Paxton concert in Liverpool. When he started his set, the audience joined in the first song. Tom stopped and asked them not to join in (except on chorus) unless he asked them. Otherwise, he said he might as well go sit in the bar of the pub opposite and just telephone the doorman with the next song for the audience to sing.
After that, we enjoyed a great evening with Tom Paxton.