The first club I ever went to was Les Pope's White Horse in Ripon. The Cropper Lads were singing. I'd never heard anything like it before, and it was a turning-point in my life. It was also, later, the first club I ever sang in ('The Maid of Fife').
Then there was the Harrogate club. The first time I went there, I saw Stefan Sobell before he started to devote most his time to making dulcimers (and, later, guitars of course). He was a great singer. Roger Knowles, and Robin and Barry Dransfield were regulars.
Then the amazing Knaresborough club and the RSC of the North, The Knaresborough Mummers.
A bit later I got involved with the Watermill Inn up-dale at Fosters' Beck, where I was often MC and sang regularly with Eric Leggoe and Steve Morrison (Steve, sadly, no longer with us).

And, does anyone remember a club in Headingly that I don't think has been mentioned yet - was it The Fox, or possibly The Vine?

Dave Sutherland - I used to travel up to the Royal Turf in Felling with Les Pope - what great nights!

It was a marvellous time - wonderful music and wonderful people.