Fivepenny Piece

Fivepenny Piece
OriginAshton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge, England
GenresFolk
Years active1967–1985, mid-1990s–2004
LabelsEMI, Columbia, One-Up, Philips, BDA, Sound Waves
Past membersLynda Meeks
John Meeks
George Radcliffe
Colin Radcliffe
Eddie Crotty
Trevor Chance
Andrea Mullins
Pete Brew
Bernard Wrigley
Alan Taylor
John Eatock
Norman Prince
Paul Johnston

Fivepenny Piece was a five-piece folk band formed in 1967 around Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge in Tameside, England. The band met and performed on Wednesday nights at Ashton's Broadoak Hotel, which gave them their original name The Wednesday Folk.