If Folk at T'Mill is a new phrase
to you, please allow us to introduce it to you. Folk at t'Mill is something between a folk festival and a folk
club which 'happen' once or twice a month, usually on Saturday nights. Our high quality venue is the George Lawton Hall
(or GLH) in the village of Mossley which is just 3 miles SSW of Uppermill (if you're a crow!). If you're not,
there is just one set of permanent traffic lights to negotiate (and a few bends) between Uppermill and the GLH own
large free car park (at the rear).
Folk at T'Mill was inspired by a newly retired BT employee who found himself with a little more time on his hands.
Also, with his inherent love of quality folk music, he put his energy into this new venture with generous gusto and WITHOUT
profit in his sights (though his accountant makes sure he stays on the break-even track). Thus Folk at T'Mill boasts both the
best value top quality talent available AND minimum 3rd party bureaucracy expense. So far Folk at T'Mill has seen impeccable
performances from ceilidh bands ALL BLACKED UP and PEEPING TOM,
stunning nights from England's MADDY PRIOR Canada's NATALIE MACMASTER Scotland's BATTLEFIELD BAND Ireland's PATRICK STREET plus admirable local support.
As Folk at T'Mill evolves, we use bothway feedback to continuously improve, so please bring a pen with you to fill in the
small BLUE forms because this allows us to save on pencils (besides other things!). You could
also win a valuable prize at the interval when the BLUE forms are collected - a CD, a Folk at T'Mill
polo shirt, a leather badge and car sticker(s) or 2 free tickets to any following concert or ceilidh of your choice!
Nowadays Folk at T'Mill nights are not run just by one individual (impossible) but by an enthusiastic and helpful
GREEN team chosen for their colourful personalities.
By the way, if you think you live too far away, our audience has included people from as far away as Anglesey in North Wales,
Halifax in Yorkshire, Preston in Lancashire and Sandbach in Cheshire. We also award a prize for the furthest traveller!
Oh, and already thanks to your feedback, we are adopting the more casual cabaret-style seating (so the bar is open throughout!),
a no-smoking side to the hall plus PURE CEILIDH nights in the future i.e. Wall-to-wall dancing throughout the night. Next one is
with England's THE COCK AND BULL BAND (Friday, Feb 18th) .
Anyone with original ideas to support Folk at T'Mill, please contact Dave Godwin on 01457 872494 or Tony Greene on his mobile
on 0410 90 20 20.
Tickets can be obtained by sending an S.A.E. and a cheque payable to F.A.T. (£8.50 for concerts, £5.50 for ceilidhs) to
Dave Godwin, 15 Mount View, Uppermill, SADDLEWORTH OL3 6DB....and if you can't figure out what F.A.T. stands for, then
please read this again!
