Must correct you Roger - Polly Squeezebox is not Chris Mason. You will note from my original post that we received an e-mail this morning via a mutual friend which had been sent by Chris. My husband (Jack) checked with Chris that he would like an entry put on the website 'Broadside Man' giving notice of the ceilidh. Whilst they were speaking on the phone I checked that Chris would like the notice put on Mudcat also - hence my original entry - I did manage to get the quotation marks in the wrong place (I can't claim credit for helping to organise the ceilidh).

However, all of this is immaterial - what really matters is that the folk world has lost yet another real gem. Ian was probably one of the gentlest men I have ever met - but he certainly had a way of making himself heard!

Polly, Jack & Zak