One of the greatest barriers to the circulation of some of the wonderful collections of folk music is, as the Cap'n pointed out, funding.
One of the reasons for this is that the middle-class orientated arts organisations have consistently refused to folk music as being important enough to fund.
Some years ago a folklore department in an English University was closed down - the principle described those working on the subject as 'tree-huggers' - says it all really.
As for Britain being classless, and there being no advantages or disadvantages of belonging to one or another - bollocks!
Jim Carroll (electrician)