They were certainly a traditional group when they started. I remember them as regular visitors to Dorchester Folk Club c1964 and there were five of them right at the beginning. They also ran the Yeovil Folk Club on a Friday evening. My own group, the Biddles, used to see quite a lot of them at places such as Halsway Manor (along with the Exeter group, the Journeymen)and we were all helped by the EFDSS West Country reps Bill Rutter and Peter dashwood.