I used to host the Folk Club at the Malt Shovels in Altrincham from 1987 to 1989 when I moved to the Southern in Chorlton to open The Buzz which was a mixture of world folk bands and stand-up comedy and where Brian Peters remembered playing with his band.
I was indeed previously working for six months at Sale railway station and remember you well Kevin Ashcroft. The Wellgreen in Hale was the first folk club I regularly attended.