Kick in the whatsits

[jacey]

It's been a grim old year already for those of us on the folk scene. Judy, one of the organisers of a folk club in the North West of England collapsed on stage with a severe stroke on Friday night and is still in a coma. Prognosis not good.

And then I just got a phone call from a friend to say my old mate Les Barker (comedy poet extraordinaire) is in the coronary care unit at Wrexham Hospital after suffering a relatively mild heart attack. Prognosis good, fortunately... presuming he takes care of himself.