Jim never really recovered from losing Jean - they were such a close couple and their only son lives in America. They both took to the folk scene relatively late but it became their family and their main occupation.

Both, in their younger days, had been involved in the theatre in Leeds - where they met . Jean being on stage as a dancer and Jim being her make-up man and dresser.

We've lost too many stalwarts and friends of the folk scene this year -- it's just so sad.