"Like I said in the other thread, there was a bloke who used to go to the "Den of Folk " in Gosport around 1970.He couldn"t sing,or play the guitar, but could turn nasty if he didn"t get a spot, so he was often allowed a self-penned diatribe or two.He reckoned that he had a Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun in his garden--it was generally agreed that he did,indeed,own something like that !!! "


I think the bloke you are referring to was called Phil Tree, who is mentioned on the Jon Isherwood website.
He used to go around in a Nazi leather thigh length coat (probably Gestapo or SS). He was only a little bloke, and spoke with a lisp.
He used to get around all the South coast clubs and told unbelievable stories - most of which were pretty fanciful, I hope!

Reason I didn't mention any names in my original thread was that some of them may still be alive!! Dave Sampson in Warwickshire has run some of the best and most successful clubs in the Midlands, but is still a nutter, although a likeable one.
Some others that immediately spring to mind - Dave Calderhead (the singing Toby Jug), Rod Felton (like Isherwood, another Genius nutter), Brian Coote (used to go on 'missions with the Secret Service' or so he said).
I'd better be careful, because as Guest Bainbo said, many of them are lurking in MudCat!
Graham