I started the "Blues at the Honeysuckle" in Gateshead, together with Ray Stubbs in about 1971 - I would have been about 33 then. After about a year and a half I had to move down to Milton Keynes.

Started a folk club at The Cannon in Newport Pagnell in about 1977 and then had to move to Norfolk. There followed a long period of work work work until I got made redundant.

Started a folk club last year at age 68. It's wholly acoustic, very popular and attracts some good talent. Mostly older folk who have done a lot of practice on their instruments but some beginners too. Not really a folk club in the old sense - more a folk club in the new sense. We had 24 performers last night with renditions ranging from a medley of popular Christmas tunes on solo serpent through to a superb version of "Get Back" on fingerstyle guitar (with a stylistic nod to Martin Simpson).   

It's a fun place to be.

Cheers
Old Roger