Wimborne is a type 2 club. We meet every Thursday at the British Legion and there is no entrance fee. However, as we get the room for nothing, we pass the collection tin around and everyone puts something in, usually £1 or so. When it's full we give the money to the Legion.

It's run on a singaround basis and usually everyone gets to do two songs, one in each half. Joining in is usually welcome - people simply know when not to. Compering is on a rotational basis and the numbers present range from 20 to 40, nearly all singers/musicians. www.warwickslade.co.uk and click on 'the wimborne sessions' will reveal all!

Some of us would prefer that it was run on the way clubs were when we were young, i.e. you get up in front of the audience and do your two or three songs from the stage, but we also know that it would mean some people dropping out. There are those who say they could never do that, so we stick with the singaround format. It's not a contentious issue, anyway.