The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #36295   Message #504101
Posted By: Jeanie
11-Jul-01 - 12:18 PM
Thread Name: Folk Clubs London 1960s & 70s
Subject: RE: Folk Clubs London 1960s & 70s
Pavane ( and anyone else bold enough to admit to Essex connections)Yes, that's right, Tony Maloney ! I didn't realize that the King's Head, Hornchurch club was the Collier Row club in disguise. I used to go to Hornchurch (Sunday nights, wasn't it?) a lot in the early seventies. I don't know how long the Brentwood club kept going - I've an idea it might have folded and that's why everyone started going to Hornchurch. The Blackmore club is still in existence at the Bull on Monday evenings. There were loads of other smaller clubs, long since gone, which you may remember: The Bridge at Upminster, The Old Oak in Romford ? Wasn't it great to be able to see all the top names locally? Who was it, if you remember, who used to act out the song "Long Lankin" with strobe lighting? It always used to petrify me and I had to hide in the loo.