'When will they ever learn?' is the famous refrain from the timeless Pete Seeger song, 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone?' We must now ask the question of the BBC, and not for the first time. The Corporation's hapless but dangerous executives have decided to kill off a number of regional music programmes from their radio catalogue. Among them, sadly, is the much esteemed 'Folkwaves', broadly regarded as the best folk music programme available to listeners. It has been brilliantly run by Mick Peat and Lester Simpson for twenty-five years, covering the East Midlands region of Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. And now it's got the golden BBC Boot.
How strange that some merchants feel fit to cast away their best goods without paying heed to the wishes of their loyal customers. When will they ever learn?
(Pictured: Pete Seeger)
