Mudcat Café message #3580203

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Thread #151872 Message #3580203
Posted By: Jim Carroll
30-Nov-13 - 10:54 AM
Thread Name: Who invented Folk Clubs UK
Subject: RE: Folklore: Who invented Folk Clubs UK

Ballads and Blues was established in 1954 - MacColl, Bert Lloyd and others participated in a concert to raise money for setting it up.
A couple of years earlier there were Sunday singarounds at the Theatre Royal Stratford (East London. which included MacColl, Lloyd and Alan Lomax.
Circa 1952 seems to be the front runner for a starting date.
Jim Carroll