"As for my 'bitterness' - if it exists at all it is in the fact that folk song has lost a strong ally in the shape of the clubs that first opened the door to a wonderful new world, do different from the music I was listing to which is now being passed off as folk."
you are unqualified to talk about the music in folk clubs because by your own ad mission you rarely visit them.
"Not really - It was more or less a recognised genre from the beginning of the 20th centry - '54 attempted to put it into a recognisable form." no it wasnt, by whom was it a recognised genre, stop making up things and passing them off as truth.
it was either a recognised genre or it wasnt[ it cant be more or less] and you have not provided any evidence it was a recognised genre.
furthermore the 1954 definition is not recognised world wide, you r statement in a previous post is just another peice of fiction you are attempting to pass of as truth, please desist.