Jim wrote:
When Ben Harker interviewed us for his book (which also has a fair number of inaccuracies BTW) he commented ....

Harker's biography and MacColl's Journeyman complement each other. The former often fills in the details of what the other ignores.

But Harker's biography will be a standard work on this very important figure of the folk revival.

It would be very useful, therefore, for Jim to identify and publish the inaccuracies (here, if no-where else).

Incidentally, although there are many biographies of the key, and not so key, figures in the American folk revival, the only biography of the English revival is the Harker one on MacColl. (Though hopefully the Bert Lloyd biography will eventually be published.)

Keeping to the theme, I saw MacColl several times at folk clubs and at the celebration of his work in London (when the Stewart family book was launched). Can't remember a conversation with him - when he came to the folk club in Crewe, it was Peggy that did all the 'business' - that was in 1975.

Derek