I've always assumed the British revival started in the 60s which is when most of us got involved. I knew that L&M and a few others were involved in folk by then but I assumed more in isolation. Is there an authoritative book on the British folk scene in the 50s? I have Journeyman and the Joan Littlewood biography.

I too would be interested to know if Hugill interacted with the folk scene at an early stage in the 50s or even earlier. We used to have Stan and Bob Roberts doing workshops together at our Hull whaling festivals in the late 60s early 70s.