How do so many of the previous posters to this thread manage to miss the many clubs that are around and demonstrate none of the anti-social caharteristics that they list. Over the last two or three years we have visited a very considerable number of folk clubs in variouis parts of England. I have only been to one that had a large crowd of noisy anti-social clients who stood around the bar and did their best to drown both floor singers and the guest. A few lave certainly left my clothes smelling of tobacco smoke, but even then the smoke was very little and was unintrusive during the evening.

On the whole the clubs have been varied, eclectic in what was appreciated, singing and playing has been predominantly of a high stnadard. People have been welcoming and a thoroughly good time has been had by nearly all. My advise is to spread your horizons beyond the local club if it is a dud and you will almost always find several nearby that are sufficiently busy and provide a pleasant evening.

Richard