Ah, I left in 1968 and have not been back much since. Coach House and Jim Peden's were main venues. Only played guitar (and just started fiddle when I left) in those days, so sessions were not much of an option - I didn't want to be yet another annoying thrasher, even if I could get my head round the rhythms of slip jigs and dorrington lads ;-), which I confess in those less enlightened days I thought was called Byker Hill ... So it goes chirs.
>-----Original Message----- >From: Ormston, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:06 PM >To: BIRCH Christopher (DGT); [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu >Subject: RE: [NSP] Re: the cry of the curlew, the wind in the reeds... > >Me too! Used to go to the Liverpool Trad Club at the Cross >Keys in the early 80s, and the Baltic Fleet, the Grapes on >Matthew Street, and the shorter-lived Brook House Club, and >made occasional forays to the Bothy in Southport. I mostly >played in sessions though at the Cracke, the Nelson on the >Dock Road, the Irish Centre and a pub somewhere behind the >Philharmonic Hall, the name of which escapes me. Most >memorable, though was a session on board the Irish Oak which >was docked near the Nelson - had to give a backhander to the >security man at the dock gates to get in, and nearly got >arrested trying to leave again as we were mistaken for illegal >immigrants! > >Chris > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 27 August 2008 10:38 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu >Subject: [NSP] Re: the cry of the curlew, the wind in the reeds... > > >>There were many Folk clubs during the 60's - 80's including a >>few excellent >>"traditional" clubs (I ran one - and played my pipes there > >Which one was that? I was quite active on the folk scene in >Liverpool in the mid-60s but had only ever encountered nsp on >record (played by colin ross accompanying louis killen on >derwentwater farewell). >Strange our crossths didn't path ;-) > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >The information contained in this e-mail may be subject to >public disclosure >under the NHS Code of Openness or the Freedom of Information Act 2000. >Unless the information is legally exempt, the confidentiality >of this e-mail >and your reply cannot be guaranteed. >Unless expressly stated otherwise, the information contained >in this e-mail >is intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you are not >the intended >recipient you must not copy, distribute, or take any action or >reliance upon >it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify >the sender. Any >unauthorised disclosure of the information contained in this e-mail is >strictly prohibited. >
