Me too, Al. In my neck of the woods there were very traditional clubs, clubs for political and song writers, and then those where anything was encouraged. I was part of the traditional club where anything that was not strictly acceptable as 'folk' was frowned upon (you could call it a Jim club) and there was a definite tendency to look down on anything that didn't come up to this standard such as the more contemporary club in the same room on a different night. Incidentally MacColl was seen by the trad club as too political! Although they did organise a concert of him and Peggy in a larger building.