Went to Tamworth Folk Club on Saturday for the Christmas Party (fancy dress theme: 1940's)but before I went I thought I'd log onto Mudcat and confirm the words for In The Bleak Midwinter. I was intrigued, saddened and mostly confused by the postings concerning this programme of a Christmas Party at Shoreditch Town Hall (fancy dress theme: Dickens meets Bellowhead). I loved the programme last year and this. It was bloody good fun!

Last night I completed my catching up of the "Folk" programmes I'd recorded from BBC4 and got to "Folk on the BBC - 50's/60's". What a thorough dissapointment! From the title you'd expect to see archive material from the 50's and 60's showing how the BBC presented Folk. Apart from the Harry Cox bit (which was great to see & hear)most of the programme was modern reworking, American or a load of drivel about kids buying guitars.

All you Mudcatters should be directing your bile towards the BBC regarding this programme. It was an opportunity lost and served as a great disservice to us all.