On this day 50 yrs ago 14th January 1971 I was a student nurse and a friend asked to borrow 50p and would I go to the Hammers folk club with her... 50p changed my life!
That night I met Noel my husband, a nativev of west London who died 2016. He knew many people and loved folk music. A decendant of irish parents.
I remember seeing Johnny Silvo and Jasper Carot (before fame days)
He new the Fureys and the played in our flat once. We joined in most Thursdays in our early days but then after marriage moved to Hertfordshire. I did go to the Hitchin folk club for a while and when Noel was around he tried the Orange tree Baldock.
I saw Johnny Silvo in Hitchin once.
When Noel died, his eldest son Michael sung a folk song quite well at his wake. Good memories.