It has to be said that the Landlady has witnessed some raucous nights in the Bar of the Elephant and Castle. Her regular customers seem to have enjoyed the lively fun that has been the focus of those evenings. Yes they were noisy so it not a session for the faint hearted.

However three or four Guitars, Mandolins, the odd Banjo player Melodeon and a fiddle player doing some well known Chorus Songs with everyone joining in has been enough to raise above the chatter for some great nights.

As I think about last year I wonder if the two scantily clad ladies who they told me ran a Sex Shop in Barnsley will be paying a return visit. They told me last year that they were told how great The Holmfirth Festival of Folk weekend was from Ray Padgett and had decided to give it a try.