We restarted the club’s 58^th season on 3^rd September, with “Singers Nights” only, but did dip our toe in the water by booking Pete Grassby on 24^th Sept.

Unfortunately, only 11 people turned up , but it was great to be able to book a guest again and people certainly appreciated the night. For about the first 6 weeks attendance was in the low to mid-teens, but then suddenly jumped to the 20/25 mark. On the 11^th March our 2nd guest of the season was Tom McConville who attracted an audience of 23 people, after this we decided to run on a one guest a month policy until audience numbers returned to normal, with any losses made being recouped on the singer’s nights in between. On 27^th May we ran a “Music Hall Night” with all proceedings and donations going to support Ukrainian families.

Our 59^th season continued with only having 1 guest a month and singer’s nights in-between, with numbers of people attending slowly rising to between 25 and 30. Dick Miles appeared on a short tour from Ireland, and we booked Mark Dowding, who visited us for the first time and was enjoyed by all. Tom Lewis made a welcome return to the club, since his relocation to Ireland, and we also booked a new local group, The Twiddlers, for their first visit to the Diamond.