Talking of Frank Ifield and trying to drag it back to folk music. I once booked Dave Swarbrick and his band Whippersnapper back in the '80s when I was trusted with arts money for folk acts at a council owned theatre.

As the theatre was filling, I saw Dave peering through the curtains from the stage. He said it wasn't very full. I told him to wait, we had sold almost a sell out and we knew some were coming on the night.

Anyway, I said. I heard they had Frank Ifield last week here and only sold 50 odd tickets.

He said, "I remember you..... And you, and you and possibly you too..."