>>>>>>>back in Jim's day... events were occuring in schools, sessions were ocurring in pubs, folk clubs were not exclusively in back rooms,<<<<<<<.

Dick, please read what you repost carefully (but thanks for reposting it.)>>>>> the majority of the folk scene was quite incestuous in that it took place in a private pub room with little contact with the general public<<<<<<< (Me). The crucial word here is MAJORITY. I got around a lot of folk clubs in the 60s and 70s and in every big city there was usually one club that did take the music out to schools and the general public, but I repeat, the MAJORITY of the attendees at most folk clubs were happy to turn up at their club once a week and then go back to their normal lives for the rest of the week. I was very lucky in that period to be an active member of the type of club that did take the music out to the people but the other half a dozen clubs in the area did not do this. (Not a criticism, just a fact).