Hazel

I don't think I am being uncharitable, there was no criticism of Ray, but it doesn't take a genius to work out that the crowd who normally pack the Elephant and Castle (up to 60 people at times) were not going to fit into one room of a converted terrace house, especially when laid out as Herveys is, open plan bar areas and singing not being the best of bed mates.

Perhaps it would probably been preferable that no "official" sing around had been put in the programme on this occasion. Normally people will graduate to one suitable venue and I have been told the landlady of the Elephant did have a sign out saying folkies welcome !

Whatever the rest of the festival, for me, went very well and I throughly enjoyed myself even getting myself invited to play at the Pennine Palladium on Tuesday night!