This picture is courtesy of "Bones Promotions" of Harbury. Des appears here most months as a solo unaccompanied artist and is currently one of the MCs taking it in turns to run the club. Harbury Folk Club runs on the first Thursday of the month and further details can be found by following the link. 

http://welcome.to/HarburyFolkClub

Linda found this site which has a vast collection of folk songs and links.  http://www.contemplator.com/folk.html

The site also contains a collection of the Francis J. Child Ballads.      http://www.contemplator.com/child/

Hymns and Carols of Christmas from whence Noel Nouvelet. http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/index.htm

Mudcat Cafe. An excellent resource site for lyrics and more. http://www.mudcat.org/

Societies that archive material:

English Folk Song and Dance Society http://www.efdss.org/index.htm

Cecil Sharp House http://web.ukonline.co.uk/martin.nail/CSHintro.htm

The Ralph Vaughan Willams Society http://www.rvwsociety.com/index.html

The Bodleian Library    http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/

This is another of Des's interests. Plum are always on the lookout for new recruits so if you fancy some excercise come along. Details can be found on the website. There's also a recipe for Plum Jerkum.

http://www.plumjerkum.co.uk/

Links to Festivals:

Warwick Folk Festival http://www.warwickfolkfest.demon.co.uk/

Bedworth Folk Festival  http://www.bedworth-festival.info/

Links to clubs:

Birmingham Traditional Music Club http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/btmc/  

Listing numerous local clubs not exclusively in Leicestershire http://members.lycos.co.uk/LeicesterFolk/clubs.html

Covfolk http://www.btinternet.com/~han.made/covfolk2/

Other links:

The Morris Ring being a mens only organ http://www.themorrisring.org/

A sensible alternative http://www.redstags.org/mf/home.html

English Folk Play Research Home Page http://www.folkplay.info/index.htm