I first came across this club when it was at the Barrass Bridge Hotel
in 1961 when I was a student at Kings college(later to become Newcastle University) It moved to the Liberal Club in Pilgrim Street for a While before finally settling at The Bridge, managed by Paddy Foley with the help of his wife.
My favourite singer was Louis Killen; we loved to join the choruses, and my favourite song for this was the sea shanty Blood Red Roses. Other singers were John Handle, John Brennan, Laurie Charlton and later Tom Gilfellon. I was privileged to have heard many distinguished guests ; Ewan McColl,Peggy Seeger, Cyril Tawney, Ray Fisher, Bert Lloyd, Anne Lorne Gillies, and others I struggle to remember. I was an occasional floor singer and once let rip with The Cutty Wren, to such an extent that Charles Lubignac , a French assistant lecturer shouted, pointing at my pregnant wife " It's a boy'. My nickname became Fes after a character in the song. Alas I am in Yorkshire now but I have visited the Bridge since and it was not great.