" The paying customers made their own choice. Some preferred the Singers Club and went there out of choice."
Remind me again when the Ballads and Blues closed Hoot - don't think it was around when I went to my first London folk club in 1963
The Singers was still going strong until Peggy moved to America after Ewan's death in 1989 - you could still hear traditional songs and ballads well sung, coupled with newly composed ones, MacColl albums, dating back to his early days as a singer are still readily available
I'm not one for pissing competitions but I know whee my money would go as to who made the greatest contribution to folk song
Jim Carroll