Dave Bulmer was an awkward cuss at times but he was also a very fine musician and great supporter of traditional music.

He was also in the business of making a living which he did quite successfully without recourse to any of the more unethical tricks undertaken by others.

He also recognised the artistic value of the various businesses (all failing before he got involved) he bought out.

He once admitted to me that he never thought he would ever recoup his outlay and that he had, if the family wanted to eat, to make other strands of his business be the breadwinners so to speak.

He has had very little praise for the good things he did such as the various tune collections and his staunch support of traditional musicians.

He has now been dead for some time and I feel he should be left to rest in peace without all this constant tittle tattle which I am sure would upset Ruth if she bothered to read it.

There is no real financial value in the vast majority of stuff that Dave saved from the landfill despite what so called experts might think.

Let it be.