cut the some slack Paul - they probably gigged the WMC. the miners welfare's and WMC's enabled you to make a living or at least make enough to pay for playable instruments in the days when the folk clubs wouldn't give you the steam off their piss.

but they were tough places to play, and they left scars.

as the Humphrey lyttleton once quipped, we will soon be landing at Scunthorpe airport. set your watches back fifty years for local time.

musician's jokes - it a form of revenge and combatting nerves when facing tough audiences.