The band’s long history, going back more than 40 years, shaped this latest tour. Lead singer Dave Cousins said in his introduction they would be taking a journey in time. And that’s what they did – in words and song.

Cousins, not only possessing a strong voice and instrumental talents, proved an excellent raconteur whose relaxed style made the audience feel as if he was telling their story for the first time.

The journey started in a folk club in West London where singers such as Bert Jansch, Sandy Denny and Mary Hopkins would drop in and join them. A drunken encounter with Irish poet Dominic Behan was the genesis of the charming Josephine For Better Or For Worse.

New World, written in the aftermath of Bloody Sunday, was ferocious in its anger whilst The Wychwood evoked the mysticism of an enchanted forest.

The Hangman And The Papist pulsated with dazzling contributions from fellow band members Dave Lambert and Chas Cronk. All hit top form with their musical creativity in Tears And Pavan, conjuring up medieval sounds. In Autumn, Lambert even extracted bird cries from his guitar.

Finally, You And I When We Were Young was a song of memories appropriate for the audience of a certain age.