Thanks everyone for your messages of support, and brill ideas....and also for calling me "kid"!! I feel so young!!

Guest Ian - yes please! I really want to interview local club and festival organisers, and also feature local artists.

Bernard - I have been to the Open Door (I was there weekly in the very early days) but have never visited the Railway. But we will! Promise! And I agree - we all need to be telling GMR that we want the programme to continue (I don't supopose they'll listen to me though, will they?) The way I see it is that you'll all only want it to continue if I deliver what you want - so I need to know!

Guest Mark - there's so much here that I've printed it all off! Thanks very much! Someone else asked me about having an Email address, but as yet I don't have an answer. When I next see Mike Shaft (inj 2 weeks, as he's on holiday" there are obviously questions that I ned to be asking him.

Joan - thanks again (see other Email). Re Saddleworth Festival - as I keep saying, but no-one believes me, this will be my last year!

Pied Piper - yes please! Although I think I have quite diverse tastes in folk music, my preference is for the traditional singing, so I'm eager to have loads of ideas re. musicians. This is an area where I have no great knowledge at all, although I am willing to learn!

It will be live, which in many ways I prefer. Although I am doing my own engineering (!!!!!) which I've been told   will be much more useful for me! I'm a bit of a technophobe, so if there are loads of mistakes you can all ring in and tell me!! Not sure why doing it "live" could be seen as "cliquey"? Perhaps it's me being a bit naive! I certainly won't be "favouring" anyone. Even Saddleworth Festival will have to take its turn!!

Gnomad - lovely to hear from you!! Will we see you at Moor and Coast?

Guest, your lancs lad - I will if you will!! Any help woule be MUCH appreciated.

Sorry for not answering your messages for a while - unfortunately the NSPCC does expect me to do a little work on occasion! (Usually involving travelling the length and breadth of the M60!!)

Please keep you messages coming in.
Love, Ali