"Terms that I have never used in earnest. Take that up with someone else."
Sorry Dave, can't do that, it's far too common (go look at the title of the thread)
You are the last person I want to fall out with

I can't argue with your own experience any more than you can argue with mine
Are you really claiming that the club scene plummeted and then revived
Are you also claiming that those of u who had enough bad experiences to wak away didn't have those experiences

I have given you what I expect from a folk club and believe no longer to be available in enough for the music to survive - I have also made a pointy about archives, access to archives, publications, albums... and all the other things that go to make a healthy scene, none of which you have responded to

I said at the beginning that all I expected from a club was a night of folk songs reasonably sung - you told me I could no longer expect that from a club and would have to go elsewhere; now you appear to be saying that I can get if anywhere in Britain
If that's not what you are saying you need to explain your "village hall" etc reference
Unless you do we have nothing more to say to each other on the subject sadly
Jim