I had the 6 o'clock news on the TV a few days ago, but wasn't paying it much attention. A story about people being allowed back to their homes after some disaster forced evacuation. I think it was Boscastle & the flood, but I might be wrong. Anyway, what caught my attention is that there was a crowd of people singing Stan Rogers' song, The Mary Ellen Carter. I couldn't tell whether it was a roving band of folkies come to cheer the locals up, or whether it was the locals who somehow knew or had decided to learn the song, or what.

Did anyone else see this? Can you tell me what it was I actually saw and heard?

I tried Googling for Boscastle and "Mary Ellen Carter," and various other things along those lines, but didn't see anything helpful.