Anybody remember Brian(Tiger)Moss who was originally from Salford? I was at University with him in Aberystwyth in the early sixties, and we started the first Aber folk club in the Angel Inn. Brian had been heavily McColl'ed in his early years and was just getting into blues guitar and sea shanties. He had a great voice and knew a lot of people in the Manchester (and the rest of England) folk scene, so we had some great guests like Pete Boardman, Terry Whelan, Cyril Tawney, Ewan and Peggy, Stan Hugill (a regular from up the coast at Aberdovey). We formed the first Old Time band in Wales called the Virginia Bootleggers (would you believe) with a couple of Londoners (Paul Darby and Barry Keywood), and performed on BBC Wales TV.
In later years I'd run into Brian at a few festivals, and apart from having wife and kids he never changed. He died around 1990 in York, and I went to his funeral where a lot of of his old mates turned out.
Ray