Havering Folk Club Venue
Due to the sudden closure of the Golden Lion pub in Romford, the
Havering Folk club met in a new venue last night. The little stables building at the back of the White Horse in Chadwell Heath was most acceptable as a means of keeping the continuity of this group going, though about half the size of the function room in the old place, and with nowhere for larger groups of musicians to put their instruments down or tune up. It was easy enough to make the journey, just 5 minutes walk from Chadwell Heath station and with a large car park for drivers. The hope remains that the town centre Golden Lion pub will reopen under new ownership soon and that the function room will remain available so the Havering Folk Club will be able to return to the most popular venue and able to accommodate larger audiences as are more likely to turn up regularly.
Last night we were treated to a performance by Gemma Salter and friend from the cast of
Come Dancing who sang a lovely song that she wrote during the early days of the show.
Havering Folk Club Songs
I played an instrumental for the first time, a very old tune of mine called
Narrowboats which was actually composed on the roof of a narrowboat during a Kea Youth Club expedition to the Midlands and river Severn a long time ago. Then I sang my version of Wonderwall , the traditional Mancunian folk song by Oasis, dedicated to
Frankie whose birthday it was yesterday.
In the second set I managed to get a request for
The Cormorants Song aka London BridgeListen to
Cormorants on Last.fm - free download
Havering Folk Club News
update:
Havering Folk Club is now back at the Golden Lion as usual on Wednesdays at eight o'clock sharp.
