Sad news indeed. When I moved to Manchester to go to university, the first LP I bought was Deep Lancashire which led me to Harry Boardman's club in Failsworth in January 1970. Residents: Harry, Dave Hillery and Terry Whelan (and an embryonic Canny Fettle). Two sets of Nothumbrian pipes at the club on the same night. Wow! The only other set I saw for the next 12 months was in the High Level Ranters. I kept bumping into Terry over the years, most recently at the National Folk Festival, and always enjoyed our conversations. It's a sad day ... but the memory of those early days made a great and lasting impression.
Derek Schofield