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GUEST,Hootenanny What is Happening to our Folk Clubs (1104* d) RE: What is Happening to our Folk Clubs 31 Oct 17

Re JC's post at 02.45.

Appears to be another piece of incorrect information. MacColl was one of the first to set up a folk Club about 1956, yes but he didn't run it until 1989.

I assume that he is referring to the Ballads and Blues Association Club. In 1961 Ewan and Peggy decided to leave the BBA and set up their own club. This was The Singers Club. The Ballads and Blues weekly Hootenannies carried on until May 1965.

It isn't the first time Jim has got things wrong but bear in mind he wasn't into what most of us accept as folk music until he heard The Spinners and knew nothing about the BBA but "knows someone who did.

Somewhere above Jim also implied that someone ran off with the club's takings. The BBA's takings that is. I asked him about this and surprisingly got no response. Just another case of him not being there but again he probably "knew someone who was".

If anybody is interested I was at the BBA from around 1957 to 1965 and took over the bookings in September 1961.


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