if they had come to the black bull at Blaydon, when I was lasat there and heard floor singers of the calibre of peter wood and vic gammon, they would have come back. My point is its up to professionals to occasionally turn up,and do a spot gratis, to help bring the standards up.
I have seen members of the Wilson family[ particuarly chris and ann and ken,]but also tom, mike and pat at stockton folk club.