I am sorry and I respect the licensee's wishes in this matter but I do think that it perhaps a little late for such calls. If Yorkshire Folk Arts chooses to speculate and advertise well in advance on its website that a venue has problems – you rather have to live with the inevitable public concern this causes and the other consequences of this action.

http://www.yorkshire-folk-arts.com/info/archive/sam_smiths.html

The following still appears on the above site.

Some of the consequences in Yorkshire of the Smiths ban will be

 Folk, jazz and all party sessions will cease at Nellie's, Beverley. The White Horse Folk Club's last meeting there will be on 17 January 2005 (check our directory for details of their new venue), and see http://members.aol.com/whitehorsefolk/nellies.htm

 Performances of the Sheffield Carols at the Travellers in Oughtibridge will have to end.

 Whitby Folk Week will no longer be able to use The Plough for singarounds. Whitby Folk Club has moved to the Friendship Rowing Club