Probably saw you at the Marsden Inn often around that time Seaking. The guy you mention was Jim Irvine who lead a briliant bunch of residents and that is high praise since I used to help run South Tyne Folk and Blues, the other club in South Shields. The Marsden Inn folk club has moved but just down the road to The Old Ship in Cleadon Village and you can still see lots of the old faces from both clubs there.