"but discussions about "the decline of folk clubs" have been going on since the late 1970s"
When we had four times the number of clubs (at least), ten times the number of enthusiasts and singers (at least) our own labels by the dozen. ditto of magazines and journals and ten times the media presence than we have now. Was it one of the Princes of Wales whose last words were "I think I'm feeling a little better this morning"?
Jim Carroll