I used to go down to Croydon with my work - all the way from the north of Scotland.
I once ventured into the Croydon Folk Club and found really friendly people.
The guests were "Church Mice" and I got talking to them. I turned out that Hillary Blyth, the singer, knew of my songs and subsequently recorded it. She then played at Ullapool Folk Club (with her partner) and stayed with me. They visited a couple of times.
Doesn't this sum up the essence of the folk club scene - opposite ends of the countries finding a common cause. Here we've seen a demise of clubs but I'm confident that a revival will occur and so will these special frendships.
If Hillary browses these pages then please PM me and we can catch up.

Andy Mitchell