My acquaintance with Mary's music only goes back to the late 1980s when I discovered the North West folk scene but I was sad to miss her funeral (I was abroad). The last time I saw her perform - some years ago now - was at the Cross Keys; subsequently I kept hearing reports that she was ill but her death still comes as a shock. Another one gone. The immortality of her music is assured by 'Closing Time' (up there with 'Who Knows Where The Time Goes', I think) but of course there were the others like 'Stage Fright' to which only her own charismatic interpretation could really do justice. I hope someone who knew her well will feel able to write a proper obituary for the Folk North West magazine and perhaps put something up on the North West Folk website (northwestfolk.co.uk).