Hi all,

Well, the English music session in Bradford on Avon convened in what we hoped would be its new home, the Beehive, 2 weeks ago, only to be told by the landlord that he was being forced into bankrucpy by a rapacious and ruthless pub chain. That's a shame for the session but a body blow for Mark and his wife, who had worked hard to keep that pub as the best in Bradford.

That fine pub is now closed. We don't know its future or if it will even remain a pub.

The upside of the poor trading conditions for pubs is that it seems to be much easier than it used to be to find landlords who appreciate the value of a bunch of musicians turniong every 2 weeks or so, drinking beer and wine and extortionately priced soft drinks and otherwise not making nuisances of themselves. So finding a new home was pretty straightforward.

From Monday October 13th the session will be at the Barge Inn, 17 Frome Rd, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 2EA. It will be following its usual 2nd and 4th Mondays cycle thereafter.

Chris