Max, ah the dejeuners, what good fun they were. I still see the main organisers from time to time.

Yes the Blackbirds predated the Chestnuts, Dick, I though I'd made that clear when I posted that the Blackbirds and Navy Boot (Alan Bearman's Sunday club) joined together to form the Chestnuts.

Although not a direct descendent of the Chestnuts, as they ran parallel and mutually co-operative for a while, Walthamstow Folk is still going strong on Sunday nights and now we're back at the Rose and Crown getting full houses. And we still have links back to the old Tower club as Dympna (Messenger that was) drops in from time to time and very occasionally her sister Sheila.

Mind you I still have links at Waltamstow to the old Enterprise at Chalk farm as at least one of our regulars was also a regular there in the late 60's and early 70s