John Taylor-ill health Oct 2018

Subject: John Taylor
From: The Sandman
Date: 16 Oct 18 - 03:55 AM

John Taylor, long time organiser of the Cutty Wren Folk Club in Redcar, and organizer of The Saltburn Folk Festival, is in a critical condition in the James Cook Hospital, Middlesbrough.
John has been invlved in organising for over 50 years, please keep him in your thoughts for a speedy recovery

Subject: RE: John Taylor
From: GUEST,Brimbacombe
Date: 16 Oct 18 - 07:49 AM

One of the nicest, hardest working people on the folk scene. Johnny somehow has a knack of making any event he organises as friendly and welcoming as he is. He and his family will be in my thoughts and I wish him a full and speedy recovery. Thank you for letting us know.

Subject: RE: John Taylor
From: r.padgett
Date: 16 Oct 18 - 08:52 AM

Yes thanks for this Dick ~ John was the organiser at Redcar folk festival for many years before moving to Saltburn by the sea ~ a lovely Victorian town ~ hope he pulls through this

Ray

Subject: RE: John Taylor
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 16 Oct 18 - 02:10 PM

Oh, that's really sad news! John is one of the nicest backroom men I've known. Salt of the earth. Speedy recovery, John. We're rooting for you.
Thanks for letting us know, Dick! Fond memories of both Redcar and Saltburn.

Subject: RE: John Taylor
From: StephenH
Date: 16 Oct 18 - 05:11 PM

I met John Taylor in 1976 or 77. I was visiting from Canada, and taking in as many folk festivals as possible. One was the Redcar Folk Festival.
I met John and told him I was visiting from Canada and that I did a folk program on a small independent radio station in Calgary.
He couldn't have been friendlier or more helpful and accommodating!
He introduced me to Vin Garbutt and got me a copy of Vin's "Eston, California." He also introduced me to Willie Scott.
I have thought very fondly of Johnny Taylor and that time for the last 40-odd years. (Still have a Cutty Wren Folk Club sticker on my fiddle case.)
I'll echo others' best wishes to him and his family for a full and speedy recovery.

Subject: RE: John Taylor
From: nutty
Date: 18 Oct 18 - 01:25 PM

We can only hope that no news is good news.

Subject: RE: John Taylor
From: The Sandman
Date: 18 Oct 18 - 01:30 PM

What i am hoping for too, he booked me back in 1978 at old cutty wren club 40 years ago, John has done a lot for folk music around teeside, andhas always been kind friendly and a good organiser