"I have to say, I have never heard you express any such feelings before"
Then you have never read what I have witten Bryan - I have always said it - including in our arguments
My criticism is not of your work in your club, but your complacency of what is happening elsewhere
"but I hoped in vain."
My point is made perfectly - you are deliberately ignoring what I have just written
It will probably take the rest of my life to put a half centuries work in collecting and assembling an archive in usable form for future enthusiasts to make use of - the simple act of passing on our collection will take a couple of years
A litle ovr two years ago, pat and I, along with two appointed librarians finished nearly two years work in putting our Clare song collection on line
Much at the cost of "normal" life, I spend ten hours a day digitising, listing , annotating and transcribing our personal collection for future use
If we're lucky to live and stay compus mentis long enough - we might just get it finished
We haven't really begun work on the hundreds tapes of the workshops and reserarch we were part of, especially the nearly ten years worth of Critics Group recordings for passing on to the MacColl family
You are now being obtuse to the point of spitefulness
Jim Carroll