A few years ago, when Frodsham Folk Club was in an old stable behind the Queens Head I told Fred that I had some Seamus Ennis recordings I'd made over the years, at the Trawler and elsewhere. He said he'd like to hear them but that he was a bit tied up with a few things, but that he'd be in touch when he had a spare moment. He did this about 2 years ago and I went to see him and his Greyhound at his house in Moreton and the recordings were passed on to him. He told me about the Belvedere and I've been going there as often as I can ever since. My father, Leslie Haworth had re-written some of the Child ballads in the light of present day connections to the original (he had full sets of both Child and Bronson), and Fred got a bit confused when I'd sing some of these. " Which one is that meant to be from?", he'd say.
I had put him on my prayer list.
May you rest in peace Fred