I'll reiterate what I said on the other thread: I met him a couple of times at Whitby about 5 or 6 years ago, and while chatting one day it turned out that we were both going to the final ceilidh at the Spa. My other half was in Iran or Kyrghzstan, or somewhere equally distant, so he offered to be my escort for the evening (my kids didn't want to be around me of course!) He told me of his trips to the States in the Winter months, playing (I think - correct me if I'm wrong) with a Dixieland band, and/or a band in New Orleans. He was the most fascinating companion. He was also a very skilled man, having been (if I remember right) a scientific instrument maker. I went to see him at a concert, and it was amazing!

I remember you, Louisa, because you had been on a PGL week and had met my older daughter, Eleanor, who was a year or so younger than you.

Andrea