Personally I think it went very well.

We had about 60-70 people in the Bowling Club concert room for nearly 2 hours listening to five people relating the story researched from books, diaries, newspapers and other archive material, and singing the songs written at the time of the event by people like Sam Laycock and that well known writer Anon. There is a point halfway through where there is nearly half an hour of talk without a song but that didn't seem to matter. Hardly anybody moved all the way through it, you could have heard a pin drop in the room.

The only downside was that the PA guy never turned up but the room was small enough to cope without it thankfully. There was only one comment from someone who admitted she was a bit deaf and had trouble hearing.

Several people came up to us afterwards saying how interesting it was - one girl is doing some research into Lancashire songs for her degree and found it fascinating - We're going to help her further with her research. Another chap came up saying he was researching the philanthropy of Robert Owen at New Lanark Mills and found the comparison with that and the cotton industry down here very interesting.

Cheers
Mark