Chorlton FC last Thurs. Quite full - about 40 there, although more than half of those were performers. (Strictly one number each.) Insanely eclectic as per usual - mostly new songs, interspersed with Dylan covers, George Formby songs, poetry and (on this occasion) "Pop goes the weasel" in the style of Anthony Newley. I did "Anchor Song". Hardly anything unaccompanied and bugger-all traditional, until some friends of mine finished the night with a brilliant "Prentice Boy". Unaccompanied. In harmony. In parentheses. It started late and ran late, making for a rapid exit when the last act finished; not so much "hang around and chat", more "hang around and help stack the chairs". All for £1.50 on the door, incorporating free (or compulsory) entry to the raffle.

Beech last night. Rammed. Nice range of singers, many of them unaccompanied. Old songs, new songs, songs by the likes of Bob Watson & Keith Marsden and at least two Child ballads. I did the Holland Handkerchief, and the second time round I did Anchor Song (again - I think I was the only person in the room who'd been at Chorlton the previous week, which is odd considering they're less than a mile apart (and on different nights). Another late one - it finished some time after the bar staff rang Time, and people hung around chatting for a while after that (it's a good job I didn't have work in the morning). No 'act'. All for the price of the beer.

No 9 o'clock pull, though! (At Chorlton the MC hadn't arrived by then. Maybe that's what he was doing.)