I moved to London in 1958 and , working with J.Lyons & Co , based at Charing Cross, I met some Scottish Lads who played guitars and sang and took me along to a musical gathering one night after shift   (at Soho Square I believe - at the time I didn't know my Soho from my Camden Town ) nearby. It was only later that I became aware of Seeger & McColl and Rambling Jack. There were many others also but they never made an impression on me. It sounds very like the "session" mentioned by McG of H. In any case I do know that it was soon after my arrival in that City. I also remember being brought to the upstair clubs of a few places . Two of the names that I remember are "The Railway Tavern" (somewhere in East, East London , "The Prospect of Whitby" on the River bank in Wapping , I think and "The Scots Hoose" in Cambridge Circus.