I remember as a child being fascinated by the turntable on my parent hi-fi system. We didn't actually have many LP discs (my dad being an ultra cool trendy 1980s guy had ditched them all in favour of tapes) but my mum had a small collection of folk music.
One disc in particular was a favourite of mine, had a cover of two ladies standing by the famous Peter Pan statue in Sefton Park, Liverpool (a copy of the one in London). Their names were Jacqui and Bridie and they were Britains first female folk duo.
They ran a Folk Club in Liverpool in the 1960s, no mean feat considering the male dominated folk and pub scene at the time.
Sadly, Bridie passed away a few years ago and last year after 50 years Jacquie held the final Folk Club.
Whatever you think of their style and music they were a formidable presence in the Liverpool folk revival. A two part documentary 'Pink and Pleasant Land' was filmed as part of the final Folk Club and I think it paints a fitting tribute to two figures that broke the mould.
The album is now quite rare, it was called 'Hello Friend' and if anyone has it i'd love to get a copy.
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