Folk clubs are only as good as their organisers,SwindonFolk club,which Ted and Ivy Poole have organised for 50 years,is a good example.
Ted and Ivy are people who have been involved in their local community for many years,Ted until very recently was involved in selling the Morning Star[the paper that Ralph Jordan described as a commie rag]every Saturday,and has been involved in trying to help people with financial hardshipand other problems,and the club very much reflects Ted and Ivys character in that it does draw from the local community,and does have a strong community feeling to it, and avery welcoming feel,
if it has survived for 50 years,the organisers must be doing something right.