DEwsbury Folk began on Tuesdays in the late 50's, the first venue being above a Chinese Restaurant in Ravensthorpe (part of Dewsbury) It was run mainly by Keith Pearson and Phil (second name excapes me) and moved to the Station near the market in the early 60's which was when I first started going. Dave Burland, Bill Price, Tommy Daniels, John and Hazel Browell Dorothy Fawthrop and her mother Kate,were amongst the regulars, and you were considered to be "in" if you got a seat near the fire. Everybody paid entrance fee of 1 shilling (later raised to 1.6d)and guests were booked when funds allowed. In the early 70's I took over the running of the club and we moved up to the Shoulder of Mutton on Halifax Road. We had frequent bus trips out to other clubs, one in particular was Bubwith Club, when the bus failed to collect us at midnight and Bill Price was found curled up with the goats! The club also began having monthly ceilidhs at the rugby club and, due to a band giving backword at short notice, a band was quickly put together from the club members to fill the gap. John Browell suggested that it should be called Broomfield Wager Band, as we practised at Broomfield House and he would wager a quid that we didn't get through the evening without making a b****r of it. The club, along with the Batley Club, organised a memorial concert for Tommy Daniels in l970, and this was so successful that the following year saw the First West Riding Festival of Folk held in Dewsbury Town Hall. This Festival ran for 7 or 8 years, moving around the Heavy Woollen District to Cleckheaton, Batley, Ossett. It certainly was one of the first clubs in Yorkshire