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Thread #151872   Message #3549584
Posted By: GUEST,Frank Lee
15-Aug-13 - 06:18 PM
Thread Name: Who invented Folk Clubs UK
Subject: RE: Folklore: Who invented Folk Clubs UK
FWIW Newcastle's Bridge folk club, mentioned in the Topic website, founded in 1958 certainly hasn't been in the same venue since the start. It was started by Louis Killen and Johnny Handle at The Barras Bridge in the Haymarket, then moved to the Liberal Club in Pilgrim Street before moving to the Bridge Hotel, around 1961 I think, where it has remained to date.