HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL
The singarounds at the Alison Arms Coppull,
will resume on Monday 10th January 2022,
8-11 pm. We look forward to seeing you all again.
NO FOLK CLUB MONDAY 21 DECEMBER 2021
It is with deepest regret, we have decided to cancel the folk club sing-around on Monday 21 December, as we come to terms with the new covid variant.
Thanks for your great support since we reopened. We hope to open again as soon as it’s safe to do so in the New Year.
We wish you all a healthy and happy Xmas.
Maria and Phil x
WELCOME TO COPPULL FOLK AGAIN!
We are delighted to let you know that our singarounds will recommence on Monday 4 October 2021 from 8-11 pm at the Alison Arms. Please note the different days and times. Thank you to Janet and Brendan, the new managers of the pub, for letting us go ahead after an 18 month gap. Looking forward to seeing you all sometime soon.
Maria and Phil
SINGAROUND ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS CANCELLED
16 MARCH 2020
Due to the Goverment directive this evening, we regret to have to inform everyone
that the sing around at the Alison Arms will be cancelled from now until further
notice. Be safe. Maria and Phil.
Mavis and Ron are leaving
We are so sorry to have to tell you that Mavis and Ron are leaving the Alison due to being treated appallingly by their pub employers, and especially at this time after such a horrific year.
We were so delighted when they came to the pub 9 years ago and allowed us to continue the club. They have played a major part over these years in enabling us to run our singarounds for 52 weeks of the year, and putting on our festival each June. Mavis always put on lovely food at break time free of charge, and not only organised the extra staff and alcohol stocks for the festival, she and Ron provided the second stage tent, and with her staff, worked tirelessly for the whole weekend. The lovely ambience created at the Alison was down to their sheer hard work.
ALBERT'S FAREWELL
Goodbye and Rest in Peace our good friend AlbertDiane. xx
A Tribute to Albert - Pete Southworth
Dear Albert
Wisdom and wit
The two words that fit
That dear pal of ours
Name of Albert
A proud man indeed
With a motor bike knee
Who would help anyone with their problems
A god fairing man
A family man
Generous in every way.
With his soul mate Diane
They travelled the land with guitar and voice they would sing
His other love in life
Was his old motorbike
That beautiful blue Honda goldwing
Miss you already lad
Pete Southworth. June 2020
RIP Albert
Our dear friend Albert passed away peacefully on Friday 26 June.
Albert had a zest for life, and living, and fun and we will all miss his jokes and patter. Our folk club and festival will never be the same without you Albert. You will be missed big time.
Our deepest sympathy to Diane, Alex, Haley and all your family. Like you, we all have many fond memories.
May Albert Rest in Peace.
FOR ALBERT
Was he man or Greek god?
That head looked more in keeping
with Michaelangelo than Wigan. 
And what of the laugh,
the twinkling, mischievous eye,
the beguiling accent?
An accidental Odyssius,
wrecked on the shores of time,
reincarnated in Wigan.
A complex character, full of contradictions.
Was he angel or hell's angel?
Sometimes even he didn't seem to know,
although he seemed to carry a wealth of wisdom
picked up in the school of life.
Turned his hand to most things.
Only one Achilles heel - his singing voice,
and even that grew on one over the years.
Always a big presence, a people person,
an amiable companion.
What better epitaph for any man?
Phil Regan June 2020
FESTIVAL 2019
FESTIVAL 2020 POSTPONED
To all the supporters of Coppull Folk Festival from the Folk Clubs, Sessions and open Mic’s.
Owing to the uncertainty of the lockdown and the upheaval in the pub trade over the corona virus and government policy, the Coppull festival committee and the Alison Arms management have had no choice but to postpone the 2020 festival until further notice. We have been hanging on in hope but feel there is too much uncertainty in this present climate. Thank you for supporting us over the last 23 years hopefully we will contact you when the festival has the go ahead. In the meantime stay safe follow the guidelines and hopefully we will all meet when this pandemic is over.
Love and best wishes to all our musical friends
Ken Scally, Maria Regan, Phil Regan and Kevin Brady