"You do not know what happened because you were not there. She has actually come on line in the past to challenge your version of events and to ask you to stop spreading it. So stop it. You do not have any authority to speak about anything that happened at that time because you were not directly involved with the festival and never have been."


Er, actually, she didn't ask *me*, at all, nor refer to me in any way whatsoever. I think you'll find it was actually Diane she was referring to, as she'd taken off on one of her 'all men are misogynists' rants...and was dragging Gordon further and further down.

And in case you've forgotten, my husband was one of the Directors at the time, so I was very aware of what happened and the fall out of how one person was treated afterwards.

Quite frankly, imo, it stank!

And it stank because one woman threw a wobbly over something that was said at the height of an incredibly stressful moment, during an incredibly stressful week when nobody knew what the outcome of Sidmouth Folk Week would be.

YOUR festival would have had NOT outcome had it not been for that one man who put one helluva lot of money....and love....into a festival he's loved all his life, and he wanted his new grandson to enjoy that festival too, in his later years. He ensured, with his incredibly generous backing that that would happen.

Don't tell me, in (imo) a highly bullying manner, what I can or cannot write about,Joan, nor what I do and do not know.

Thank you.

And, I can assure you that I was doing my own part for quite a few of the artists involved in that first Folk Week, not that you'd know about that of course, because I was doing it through peter...but heyho....

I do not have to explain, nor justify myself to any of you. I do what I do. This is not a Folk Court of Law (sorry to tell you that, Dave) and I'm always puzzled as to why no other person is treated in this obsessive and analytical way.

I wrote 15,000 words about Siddy which were enjoyed by many people. I'm sorry if that upsets you, but I think it's probably best to just get over it...and move on....Sidmouth is yours now, it is nothing to do with me any longer.

And don't forget, Show of Hands have a new CD out, so I'm really looking forward to hearing your thoughts about it soon.


And now, back to Moira and The Tower..