Mmmm such negativity hardly helps matters Guest Lizzie Borden. Now I'm not sure but did you just say that it was last Easter could people have been on holiday? Perhaps they were going to the Lancaster Shanty Festival, which was as it is this year on over Easter. Was Keith Kendrick booked at and or appearing at said festival?

Keith Kendrick is a great singer and musician is a professional who I am sure will have realized that doing a booking in Bradford on a Thursday Night, just before or just after a Bank Holiday, risks the audience being thin on the ground. Have you been back to the Topic Folk Club since or indeed considered giving it your regular support.

I'm not saying that the Topic Folk Club Committee never make mistakes. The Topic is the Oldest Folk Club in the world it was established in1956 so they will have made one or two. The most noted past mistake was refusing to give a then unknown Bob Dylan a floor spot back in the sixties. Now I'm not saying that Bob holds a grudge but according to you, Lizzie, he did not turn up to support Keith last year. So you can blame the Committee for that! But to blame them for failing to stop people going on there Easter Holiday's and making them turn up to support Keith is a bit much.

I'm sure the majority of Mud caters will ignore negative posting from Guests for those who don't take note. The Melbourne Hotel has wheel Chair Access please stand up anyone else who wants to be named as someone who wishes to prevent people who have a disability from gaining access to a Toilet or to a Folk Club.

Most Folk Clubs are of necessity in upstairs rooms that do not have Wheel Chair Access. The Topic Folk Club dose and The Melbourne is open till 2am and it has also been in the Good Beer Guide. It also has a music licence unlike all Sam Smiths Pubs as the chains owner has decided to keep down the price of beer by not paying out for an entertainment licence. Now can we get back to what this thread is supposed to be about? Or better still tell a friend about the gigs and make The Melbourne and the Topic Folk Club come to life as it dose every Thursday.
Brother George