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The Salt Town Poets will be performing thier unique mix of traditional & contemporary folk music & poetry at the Boar's Head Hotel in Middlewich on 9th April. The show begins at 8.30 and admission is free. Here's what the reknowned journal "Trendy Arts Mag" has to say:

WHENCE THE SALT TOWN POETS NOW?
by Anton Cringe
Whence the Salt Town Poets Now? And when I use the word 'whence' I fully realise that only arty types like me ever use the word, or even know what it means. What I am trying to say is: what next for the STPs?
Well, they intend to appear live at Middlewich's luxurious Boar's Head Hotel on April 9th, starting at 8pm.
We know that Ian Norbury has received offers to join the Rolling Stones, the Temptations and the Luton Girls' Choir; we know that Dave Roberts is terminally deranged, and that Professor Mike Parsons is 104 years old.
Why, then, have the STPs decided to appear once again phoenix-like from the ashes of Poetry & Pints ?
I went along to the Boar's Head Hotel in Middlewich (a small town near Cheshire, I'm told) to talk to them in an attempt to get at the truth.
Ian Norbury, nursing a pint of STRONGBOW™ cider, told me the reason for the comeback.
'We wanted to show everyone what we can do ourselves. We've spent years encouraging other people to perform, and It's easy to forget that we are a performing group in our own right.'
It is indeed.
Dave Roberts interjects.
'We're so glad to be able to talk to your magazine. It's so long since anyone took any notice of us that I, for one, was starting to get a little paranoid.
But I'm over all that now. Who are you? Who sent you? Why are you asking all these questions? Don't make any sudden moves.'
Professor Parsons introduces a note of authority, indeed gravitas, as befits the STPs 'elder statesman' - 'Don't forget that the kids of today have never experienced anything like the Salt Town Poets. They've had an easy life. In my day....'
Ian interrupts.
'Yes, we're determined to show everyone what we can do.'
And what of Poetry & Pints?
'It's gone for good. But soon we'll be announcing details of something with far more scope and range to replace it.'
I bought the three of them drinks; two pints of STRONGBOW™ and a brandy and metal-polish, and walked back to my car lost in thought.
Whence the Salt Town Poets now? They can only be moving in one direction. And I think we all know which...
AC

www.salttownpoets.co.uk