A letter in yesterdays Manchester Evening News:

Mike Hardingis quite right (M.E.N.)February 3). Folk music is unfairly mocked and negelcted in Britain, but there are still some pub venues in Manchester, if not clubs, where it's played. And often without addmission charges. The Beech in Chorlton is one that is worth a visit.

That said, the pub scene, whether with or with out music, is very different to what it was like when Mike and others such as Christy Moore and Bernard Wrigley played in the Crumpsall boozers, which I recall from almost 50 years ago. And I don't remember having to pay then either. Geoff Chandler, Chorlton.

L in C#
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