Post the same thing I posted somewhere else -

I only met her a few times some years back at Wigan folk singaround/sessions but she was always very encouraging, very welcoming and very friendly. And great hair! Very positive memories :) at a sad time.

I remember going to a very packed room somewhere in a pub in Wigan with a room full of singers and musicians and I think I asked someone why didn't people get started because there were loads of people there? And they looked at me as though I was mad and said 'because Joan's not here yet'.

If I remember right she used to have a section in the evening which was 'song of the week' that everyone could learn and play along with (it was a song about Pendle when I went, I think). Getting everyone involved was the thing I took from it and it's a lovely quality to have

Very sorry to hear the news and my condolences to family etc.