During our stay in Sarah and Darryl’s house in Moira, both before my heart operation and once I had begun to show signs of a recovery, I had established a regular Sunday night routine. I had found my way, partly by recommendation, to a splendid folk club in Quorn, about a 30 minutes drive away. Quorn folk club is made up of about 25 or 30 singers, musicians, reciters of poems etc of which about a ten attend regularly and others intermittently. The average number of attendees each week is 15 or so and if more than that attend, the small back-room of the Blacksmiths Arms in Meeting Street is full to over-flowing. But the atmosphere is superb and the evenings are conducted in a relaxed and jovial manner in which all contributions are well received,
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