Folk Ferry trivia: one of the old Fleetwood-Larne ferries can be seen laid up in Belfast docks on the inside cover of the new Spiers & Boden CD. When the last one sailed I sat here listening to it sounding its horn as it sailed away - one of the saddest laments I'd ever heard. Much missed, Fleetwood just ain't the same without them.

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Whilst the Fleetwood Folk Club now meets in The Strawberry Gardens on a Thursday night, Ron Baxter's Legendary Sing in The Festival takes place in The Steamer on the Thursday of the festival. Will anyone be at The Stawberry that night I wonder? Quite possibly I shouldn't wonder.