"I feel it too but the alternative was for us to plod on and become less effective with age and see a decline set in"
I was sorry to see your club Vic - I know we valued you as someone we could approach when we had a guest's tour to organise (and of course, to lose another principled club).
I am sorry to have involved you in this, but I thought your own position was not unsimilar to Peggy's after Ewan's death - close or see the club run down after a long and pretty proud history
I think we've had enough of this nonsense Dick, don't you?
You think folk clubs are social clubs were people sing - I think they are clubs set up to sing and listen to songs - silly me.
Let someone else have a go, shall we
"Meanwhile Festivals appear the thrive"
Takes the 'local' aspect out of the scene for me - and excludes too many people, particularly the less well off and those with families - no comparison, I'm afraid
Jim Carroll