Sad News from Court Sessions, South London.....

Hello everyone

Firstly- We are very sad to announce that we are having to close, temporarily we hope, Court Sessions traditional song and music club.
The main reasons are health problems, which are making organisational activities difficult and, of course, the continued lack of a reliable and decent venue for the club.

Tomorrow night at the Antelope will therefore be the final 'Session' for the near future.

We have been running and organising Court Sessions as a weekly club for some eighteen years- some may remember that it was originally a monthly club, in the Courthouse Community Centre at 11 Garratt Lane- and overall for over twenty two years..
In the beginning, we were part of a committee of six or seven, who shared out the duties and responsibilities, but that shrank as some people moved away, and others lost interest or found the burdens of organising the club's activities too intrusive. Now though, and for the last nearly ten years, it has been down to just we two- any volunteers out there??
The closure rate of pubs in the UK has now topped forty per week; this shows no sign of slowing down and in fact, with the recession deepening and unemployment growing daily, it could top fifty this year [it was thirty-two at New Year]. We would be simply delighted, therefore, to find a Trade Union or Trade's Council hostelry, like the 'John Ruskin House' premises in S Croydon, with available room, and if anyone knows of such a premises, please let us know...

We're going to keep this e-group open, with a view to keeping in touch, and not least because we mean to continue presenting concerts in available halls we can hire.