"We didn't know we were folk singers until Mr Lloyd told us we were"
- The Eliotts of Birtley

How very telling, The Birtley's were just singers (albeit excellent ones) as far as they were concerned, singing for enjoyment and the enjoyment of others, in other words it was the music that was important, not some damned definition bandied about by those who should, but don't, know better. You can see it clearly, can't you? The Birtleys are singing away to their heards content when up pops old A.L who says, "hey, you're folk singers!" The reply could have been (and perhaps should have been) "Oh, we are? What's your point?"

Charlotte Olivia Robertson (Ms)