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Where you will find me singing

Saturday 11 July 2026: Fund-raiser for the UNICEF Venezuela Earthquakes Appeal @ The Wheeltapper, 60 Woodgate, Loughborough, LE11 2TZ:

Organised by The Wheeltapper and Eric Turtle who says: I was really moved by the heartbreaking news reports of the Venezuelan earthquake. I wanted to do something. Seems as thought I am not alone. Let’s raise a few quid and help a little. UNICEF are my chosen charity. They have boots on the ground and are helping now. Our Gig is on the 11th.

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1021895640487172

Friday 24 July 2026: 7.30pm, The Crown Inn, 10 Burton Street, Melton Mowbray, United Kingdom, LE13 1AE

Organised by Eddie Smith and Alan Wilce for their friend, Nigel, who has a terminal illness.

21 to 23 August 2026: Hosting Moira Furnace Folk Festival singarounds with Missouri Mick

We’ll be there on Friday evening 8 to 11pm and Saturday 12.30 to 3.30pm at the Railway Inn, 31 Ashby Rd, Moira DE12 6DJ. Entry is free

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My Dad – 75 years a Methodist Minister

Updated 7 June 2026: Dad is 100 today – this cake marks his birth in Farnhill ,Yorkshire and his love of Africa following his time of service as a Methodist Missionary in Zimbabwe

20 March 2023: My dad, Rev Dr Albert Watson Mosley, has been a Methodist Minister for 75 years

On 19 March 2023 there was a service at Oadby Trinity Methodist Church to mark the occasion. Dad was invited to speak, and the following was filmed by my sister. He has given his permission for it to be out in the public arena.

This is what he said:

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Reviews

Many thanks to Rich Wakefield:

3 Sept 2025: Botheration @ Duffys Bar, Leicester:

Sheila Mosley… i like a huge range of music but my first loves remain folk music and the 1960’s greenwich village troubadour tradition… and Sheila sits perfectly into this area… beautiful voice and singer Sheila delivers a range of songs from those genres, ranging form the strongly political social comment… especially her rivetting performance of Peggy Seeger’s defence after an incident at Greenham Common… and the more gentle love songs and ballads. A lovely mix of high class mainly familiar material and as she did last sunday, had me groping for a tissue with her closing “Another Train”… a song that means so much…
Sheila is a no frills just top quality great performer.. totally committed and sincere in every aspect… if you dont know her work go see her when you can… superb!!

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Leicestershire Folk Diary

I am currently caretaker of the Leicestershire Folk Diary.

The Diary has two main sections; Events containing a day-to-day listing of “what’s on” and a Directory with an A to Z listing of the event organisers and venues. It is compiled using information supplied by event organisers. Whilst every effort is made to ensure its accuracy, it is not guaranteed. No responsibility will be accepted for errors, omissions or cancellations. If you want to be sure of an event contact the event organiser for confirmation. If you are an organiser and you would like to add an event to the diary please get in touch with us via the contact details below. Similarly, if you spot an error, please let us know and we will look into the matter.

This diary can be freely copied and distributed.

You will find the diary here: https://lfd.org.uk/

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August 2025 has been an amazing month for me

Please excuse the self indulgence but I’ve not had a month like this one, and want to record it somewhere. I’ve had lots of fun. Many many thanks to those who make live music happen.

This month started with playing two sets each day as part of the Melton Mowbray Folk Festival on the first weekend of August.

6 August, I sang at the Hiroshima memorial event organised by CND at the Peace Tree in Victoria Park, Leicester

We went to the Saltburn Folk Festival weekend 8-10 August 2025, and joined the amazing singarounds.

Photo courtesy of Jim Rolley, amazing soundman at Moira Festival

15 – 17 August 2025: on the Friday I opened the festival on the Neil Dawson stage of the MoiraFurnace Folk Festival, which was amazing.

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Deportation in this cruel hostile environment

Stop the removals – see the post on the StatusNow4All website: https://statusnow4all.org/deportation-in-this-cruel-hostile-environment/:

StatusNow4All: This cruel hostile environment has given rise to yet another Home Office plan to deport people to Zimbabwe on 2 March 2022.  StatusNow4All abhors this decision made in the name of the Home Secretary, Priti Patel.

IT IS IMMORAL:

These are just some of the factors of note in relation to those who are being rounded up for deportation right now:

·   Some have been here a long time, as many as twenty years; 

·   Some will have had Refugee Leave, such was the compelling case they presented on arrival in UK, but the law allows the Home Office to strip them of this due to a conviction for particular offending behaviours [para 339 Immigration Rules].

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