A very successful club in the 1960s was held at the Cattle Market pub in Bolton, and Bob Williamson was involved in the running of it.

The club closed around 1970 because the owner of the pub was reluctant to spend money bringing the upstairs room up to the required standard for fire regulations, which needed to be met for the (then) new music licensing.

Sometimes things that are working for us work against us.

The Open Door folk club in Oldham is barely hanging on to an existence, mainly because we cannot find a suitable pub. Whilst the Royal Oak is very pleasant, very clean, and very welcoming, the room is tiny.

Happily, the Railway at Lymm is blessed with a good sized upstairs room, and welcoming pub staff. The club is thriving, but the room isn't very 'disabled-friendly'. I suppose it only needs someone to complain, and we'll be forced to close because there's nowhere else to go...