The group dance throughout the year at local events and folk festivals, and practice each week at the Resource Centre in Horwich.

BBC: Bolton Morris dancers appeal for new members

The musician played at events across the US from folk festivals to the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York and recorded some 60 albums, with his most popular songs including Tom Dooley, Shady Grove and Rising Sun Blues.

BBC: Doc Watson, folk and bluegrass guitarist, dies aged 89

Folk events, such as grand, smoky festivals for the gods, have also regained momentum (or more accurately, funding).

BBC: Overcoming 40 years of solitude on Kinmen Island

Tradfest brings together the folk arts and kicks-off a season of festivals across the country.

BBC: New folk festival Tradfest launches in Edinburgh