I thought I'd put my comments on the beginning of the AMB singaround here as well as in the Gloucester Black Spot Pig thread. It started in the late seventies, Sheila Finn of Folk London was with me at the time and can vouch for it. Charlie Yarwood, Myself, and I think, Ken Stevens were looking for somewhere to have a session with Fred Jordan, Mervyn Vincent, and old Tom Brown (you might be able to work out the year from that). It was just as Melodeons and Bodrhans had started to proliferate to an unhealthy degree. The only spot we could find was the middle bar - there was a musician's session going on in the front bar and the usual dance out on the lawn at the back. It just carried on from there. A guy from Minehead who used to sing "Little Lize" was also involved at the beginning. Incidently, in the beginning instruments were allowed, but only to accompany songs - I've used both guitar and concertina in The Anchor. The rule was that the song had to come first.