Dave Burland has a lot to answer for

The first clubs were run by Tony Heald [an accomplished artist today and retired teacher] joined by Dave Burland, Jim Potter, Derek and Dorothy Elliot, and latterly the young hustling Robin Garside k/as Wild Orange! ran on Saturday nights with no doubt underage drinking etc ~ the place to be!!

The club was encouraged by Barnsley MBC, via John Simmonds entertainments manager

Dave, Jim and Tony were the mainstays in the 1970s and Derek and Dorothy opened their King George Folk on the Monday

Barnsley fc still runs on Mondays at the Shaw Inn

Steve and Ann Rusby sang together in the early days and had a Ceildh band with Ann on Accordion, Steve played banjo still live at Cawthorne about 3 miles from Barnsley centre and near Penistone {penny stone!!] where folk took off with Garside and Gough (Paul's from Cleethorpes) where they went professional for a time and then joined to form a group called Tom Tiddler's ground with among others Brian Dewhurst/Preston

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