I was helping build an open air theatre at the Midlands Arts Centre in 1967, and one of the other helpers mentioned that he went to a folk club on a Thursday night, and would we like to go. I'd no idea what a folk club was, and it was a big surprise to find a roomfull of people singing the sort of songs I'd sung in the school hall on a rainy dinnertime.

When I met my wife-to-be in 1970 I took her to the Jug O'Punch, and Ian encouraged her sing a couple of songs (being a Campbell an' all). In those days the club was recorded - I think for local radio - and I just wish I could get a copy of those recordings.

John