I really don't think that this thread is about Sam Smiths. It's about the New Venue for the Whitby Folk Club. This is in the Friendship and it has a Beer Garden. Which could be used like the Plough Yard and in point of fact it do have a better view. All be it Gil and Denise's floral displays and hanging baskets being very well kept. Talking to Mick Haywood over the weekend and he is more than pleased with the Friendship and the facilities that the members and committee have provided. Which includes a music licence that the Sam Smiths Pub's do not have.