This was Jim Lad's idea and I thought that I would start it off talking about Dave Bryant.

Dave was a real 'folkie'. Beard and hair and a pewter tankard. A big, booming voice, both singing and talking. Get him started talking and you were there for as long as it took to make up a good excuse to get away. He and his partner Linda (Essex Girl) would perform together and it was clear, from the way he looked at her, how much he loved her.

He called me the 'War Bride' and accused Kendall of stealing one of the flowers of English womanhood. He also gave me the Avril Betts Award badge because I tend to have words handy when singing.

Dave had a lot of bad luck the last couple of years of his life. First, he had a stroke and lost the use of an arm. He then managed to break his humerus!

He was getting over that and then was diagnosed with cancer of the spine - no cure and a three month prognosis until it would kill him. I went to visit him in hospital and was knocked back by the way that he was coping with his impending death. He was very calm and had spent time tying up all the loose ends that he could to ensure that those he left behind would be looked after. I spent a couple of hours with him (still couldn't get a word in edgeways AND got a lecture on learning songs before singing them in public) and came away with a great deal of respect for a very brave man.

OK, anyone else want to tell us about other 'Catters who are no longer with us?