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Thread #142693 Message #3291165
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
15-Jan-12 - 07:34 PM
Thread Name: Stockton Folk club is it 50 years?
Subject: RE: Stockton Folk club is it 50 years?
Long-lived folk clubs? 60yrs? http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=136900#3138076
San Francisco Folk Music Club (US) - founded 1948 Bush Music Club (Aus) - founded 1954 - headed to 60 Topic in Bradford (UK) - founded 1956 - 55 in 2011 The Folksong Society of Greater Boston (US) - 1959 Victorian Folk Music Club (Aus) - 1959 Swindon Folksingers Club (UK) - founded Jan 1960 - 51 years old Stockton folk club (UK) - founded 1962 - 50 next year Birtley Folk Club - founded 1962 - 50 next year Herga (UK) - heading to 50 in a couple of years The Pick'n & Sing'n Gather'n (US - NY state) - pushing 50 Black Diamond Folk Club, Birmingham (UK) - 48 next year Southport's Bothy Folksong Club (UK) - 46 later this month Orpington Folk Club (UK) - founded 1965 Folklore Society Of Greater Washington (US) - 'only' 45½ Croydon Folk Club (UK) - founded 1967 - 44 in 2011 Calgary Folk Club (Can)- founded 1972 - 40 next year Islington Folk Club (UK) - founded 1972 Somers Traditional Folk Club (UK) - just celebrated 30 years Llantrisant Folk Club (UK) - founded 1980.
sandra
I tried to make a blicky but kept getting it wrong, so gave up!