"Jean Carruthers used to run the Bury Folk Club with her husband in the 1980s & 90s. Jean's sister and her husband used to occasionally come to the singaround that Dave Bishop, Terry Whelan and I used to hold at the Ducie Arms. I haven't seen them for several years now..."

I saw Jean and Alan Seymour, and her sister Sheila, at a ceilidh the Rising Sun Band played not so long ago for the birthday of Ann Nash, another of Bury Folk Club's regulars. All were in good fettle and contributed songs from the floor. Bury was a fine club in its day - before becoming yet another casualty of venue problems.