Interesting that last letter was from Manchester.It was in Manchester about 15 years ago that I really realised what those of us who like traditional folk songs were up against. I went to a folk club (obviously not run by the previous poster) and i was totally amazed, depressed and angry to realise by the end of the evening that not one single song had been performed that wasnt written by a modern identifiable author( most of them present in theroom).I mean ,great, what's wrong with the concept of a songwriters tryout club, but this place billed itself as a folk club. If someone asks you what these folksongs are like they've been hearing about, it woud be kind of nice to say "pop down to the local folk club and you'll hear what they are like".